Summary

  • Group launched to campaign for UK to stay in EU in referendum

  • Chairman Lord Rose says leaving EU 'not worth the risk'

  • Deputy Labour leader Tom Watson refuses to apologise over Lord Brittan allegations

  • Labour performs a U-turn on its support for the government's fiscal charter

  • MPs return to the House of Commons after party conferences break

  1. Helen Goodman 'sincerely sorry' for tweetpublished at 13:30

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  2. UK 'giving nothing in return' in EU renegotiationspublished at 13:26

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    On the UK's EU renegotiations, Charles Grant says normally in negotiations someone offers up five demands, for example, with a view to getting three, but the UK is saying "we have to ask for three and get three as we have to make it look like a great triumphant".

    He says there's also usually a bargain in negotiations but the UK is asking for concessions "and giving nothing in return... except for the fact that most of them want to keep us in the EU".

  3. Government 'not making case for EU forcefully'published at 13:22

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    Charles Grant, director of the broadly pro-EU Centre for European Reform, says the UK government is not making the case for the EU forcefully, with David Cameron waiting until the renegotiations are finished before taking a stance. EU partners are worried by that, he adds. They would like him to defend it as it works now, and make an even stronger case for EU membership once he's achieved reforms, Mr Grant adds.

  4. 'Greens and UKIP split on Europe'published at 13:19

    The World at One
    BBC Radio 4

    On UKIP, Prof Tim Bale says there is a "strategic" rather than ideological division about Europe - whether the party is best off to head up the official Out campaign or leave it to the cross-party group in which they would play a part.

    He says there's also a split in the Greens, with some in the party keen on Britain's EU membership as a way to tackle climate change, but others seeing it as a "neo-liberal conspiracy that has to be resisted".  

  5. 'About 50-100 Tory MPs may vote for Brexit'published at 13:17

    The World at One
    BBC Radio 4

    Tim Bale, politics professor at Queen Mary University, estimates there are between 50 and 100 Conservative MPs intending to vote to leave the EU - unless David Cameron brings back a much bigger package of reform than looks to be the case. But he cautions that the problem in reaching an estimate is the difference between what people actually think and what they say they think.

    Labour MPs, encouraged by the trade unions, have become less and less Eurosceptic but there may be some left-wingers who lean towards and out vote, Tim Bale adds.

  6. 'The elephant in the room'published at 13:14

    The World at One
    BBC Radio 4

    BBC deputy political editor James Landale was at today's launch of Britain Stronger in Europe which is campaigning for the UK to remain in the EU.  He says it didn't go entirely as planned with a few mispeaks and some of the media unhappy at not being allowed to put questions to the campaign board members.

    He adds it was fundamentally an economic and security argument that the In camp was making - with no mention of immigration "which was almost like the elephant in the room".  

  7. Business for Britain: Brexit won't be a problempublished at 13:10

    The World at One
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    Jon Moynihan is from the Business for Britain group - which is giving the Vote Leave campaign group its backing. He tells the World at One there is nothing to fear from changing the status quo, and leaving the EU.

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    If we vote to leave the EU then immediately we have to create a new relationship with Europe, and that won't be a problem."

    He adds that all of the business sectors in European countries will want a free trade agreement with Britain.

  8. Pics: In campaign launchpublished at 13:05

    Lord RoseImage source, Getty Images
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    The chairman, and main speaker, was Lord Rose

    Campaign teamImage source, EPA
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    Photocall time for the board after the launch - including Green MP Caroline Lucas (right), next to ex-TUC boss Brendan Barber

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    Lord Rose, a former M&S/Burtons and Iceland executive, makes some notes during the event

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    Campaign staff outside the event in East London

  9. Mothers on marriage certificatespublished at 12:55

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  10. Watch: In full interview with Lord Rosepublished at 12:45

    Lord Rose and Laura Kuenssberg

    As we've been reporting Lord Rose has launched the Britain Stronger in Europe campaign this morning. He also found the time to do an interview with the BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg.

    Watch the whole interview here

  11. Syria debatepublished at 12:38

    The Daily Politics

    Away from the EU referendum, there has been quite a debate, external within Labour about whether to intervene militarily in the Syrian war. On Twitter , externalDiane Abbott, the shadow international development secretary, said some party colleagues "want to support Cameron in his long held desire to bomb Syria".

    One of those she singled out was Jo Cox, who will lead a debate in Parliament later calling for military intervention. Ms Cox says her views have been misrepresented, adding she is in a "slightly different position" to party leader Jeremy Corbyn on the subject.

  12. More on the missing "quitters"published at 12:31 British Summer Time 12 October 2015

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  13. 'A new country'published at 12:30

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    Two former Conservative ministers, Owen Paterson and Damian Green, have gone head to head on the Daily Politics. Mr Paterson, the Eurosceptic ex-environment secretary, says other EU countries including Germany, France and Spain will "effectively be one country" by merging total economic and then political union. Mr Green, the former policing minister, says the idea that a new country will appear is a "slightly weird fantasy".

  14. 'Quitters' charge stayspublished at 12:16

    Laura Kuenssberg
    BBC political editor

    Sources at the "In" campaign say they stand by the suggestion that leaving the EU is quitting and that people who leave are "quitters" - they say the word wasn't used by Lord Rose because the speech was made in his own words.

  15. 'Progressive' casepublished at 12:10

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    Caroline Lucas

    After Lord Rose's warnings about quitting the EU, will fear form a large part of the campaign to stay in? No, says Green MP Caroline Lucas. Ms Lucas, an ex-MEP, says she plans to make a "very positive case for staying inside a reformed EU". This will include higher environmental standards and tougher bank regulation, she says, adding that she does not believe the "patriotic" argument set out by Lord Rose will feature much in the "In" campaign.

  16. Twitter handlepublished at 12:05

    With #StrongerIn trending on Twitter, will Erin Strong Causey, who tweets from @StrongErin, get some unexpected attention? The campaign's executive director Will Straw is currently linking to her profile on his Twitter handle.

    Will Straw Twitter handleImage source, Twitter
  17. Who's whopublished at 12:00

    Board members of the campaign to stay in the EU also include Innocent Drinks founder Richard Reed, former TUC chief Brendan Barber and Green Party MP Caroline Lucas.

    The Labour Party also has its own campaign, led by former Home Secretary Alan Johnson.

  18. And in the other corner...published at 11:57

    There are currently two campaigns pushing for a No vote in the in-out referendum. They are called Leave.EU and Vote Leave.

    Click here for a guide to who is involved on the Eurosceptics' side.

  19. SNP and the In campaignpublished at 11:52 British Summer Time 12 October 2015

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  20. No media questionspublished at 11:47

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