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Pro-Remain groups are launching a £1million campaign to stop Brexit this weekend, The Telegraph can reveal. The campaign will call on Parliament to give the public a vote on the terms of the final deal, with the chance to stay in the EU if they vote against it. MPs from all three major political parties, including Anna Soubry, a Tory, and Chuka Umunna, from Labour, will join forces with anti-Brexit campaigners to demand the chance to remain - branded The People's Vote. Richard Reed, a businessman and the vice-president of the National Union of Students, is also expected to speak at a rally in central London to launch the campaign on Sunday.
The Telegraph understands £1million has been raised by nine pro-Remain groups to fund the campaign, which already has a logo and poster. It comes as pro-Remain MPs and peers prepare to force the Prime Minister to reconsider the UK's Brexit position through a series of votes in the House of Lords after the Easter recess next week. Theresa May could face a number of heavy defeats as the Lords prepare to back amendments including one that could keep the UK in the customs union, making it impossible to conduct trade deals around the world.
Sir Bill Cash, chairman of the influential European Scrutiny Committee, told The Telegraph: "They are completely defying the British people who made a decision which was given to them by parliament itself. The latest polling says 65 per cent of the British people do not want a second referendum; they are living in a parallel universe." The People's Vote campaign is being led by Open Britain, the group backed by Peter Mandelson, the Labour grandee. Tony Blair and Nick Clegg have also worked closely with the group. Others include European Movement, which is chaired by Stephen Dorrell, the former Conservative Cabinet minister, and counts Ken Clarke and Lord Heseltine as key figures behind the scenes. It was revealed earlier that six of the major pro-Remain groups had moved into Millbank Tower to better coordinate their efforts to block Brexit. The Telegraph can reveal that the groups have been holding regular meetings to plan the bid for a second vote.