Labour backs EU membership at Town Hall event

LABOUR politicians brought their campaign to stay in Europe to Rotherham this week.

The Britain Stronger In Europe group parked an ad van outside the Town Hall to highlight the number of jobs in surrounding areas linked to trade with the EU.

MP John Healey MP and local Labour councillors and candidates were on hand to talk about the benefits of membership of Europe, includng 363,434 jobs in Yorkshire and Humber linked to trade in the EU.

Mr Healey MP said: “This year people in Rotherham will be asked to make the choice of a generation - does Britain remain as part of Europe and keep all the economic and security benefits that includes or do we risk going it alone?

“I am clear that we are stronger, safer and better off in Europe. Our membership of the EU helps create thousands of jobs, enables our businesses to trade freely in one of the world’s largest marketplaces and allows us to deport foreign criminals — and bring British citizens who commit crimes abroad back here to face justice.

“All of us who believe we are stronger, safer and better off in Europe now have a responsibility to make our case in whatever way we can.”

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