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Left Fights to Reclaim EU Debate
Progressive In and Out campaigns ramp up rhetoric with 8 days to go

PRO-BREXIT Tories “love the NHS like Dracula loves a blood bank,” Frances O'Grady fumed yesterday as trade unionists on both sides of the EU debate threw down the gauntlet over public services.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was joined by the entire shadow cabinet and pro-EU trade union leaders at a central London event to flag up risks to the NHS if Britain votes to leave.

But British commuters will be lobbied this morning by trade unionists calling for an Out vote, who will argue that staying in is a bigger risk to public services.

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