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| Formation | July 2015 |
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| Founders | Arron Banks and Richard Tice[1] |
| Purpose | United Kingdom withdrawal from the European Union |
| Headquarters | Millbank Tower, London |
Region served | United Kingdom |
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| Website | leaveeuofficial |
Formerly called | The Know |
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Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union Glossary of terms |
Leave.EU was a political campaign group that was first established to support the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union in the June 2016 referendum.[2] Founded in July 2015 as The Know, the campaign was relaunched in September of that year with its name changed to "Leave.eu" to reflect altered wording in the referendum question.
The campaign, along with rival organisation Vote Leave, aimed to be formally designated as the lead campaign for the "Leave" referendum vote by the Electoral Commission;[6] however, on 13 April 2016, Vote Leave was designated as the official campaign.[7]
The campaign was fined £70,000 in May 2018, after the Electoral Commission found that they failed to report at least £77,380 in spending. In February 2019, Leave.EU and Eldon Insurance owned by its founder Arron Banks were fined £120,000 over data law breaches.[8]
A number of prominent members of the campaign have subsequently been linked to alleged Russian interference in the 2016 Brexit referendum.
- ^ a b Hope, Christopher (11 July 2015). "Millionaire Jim Mellon backs £20million 'anti-politics' campaign to leave EU as name revealed". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ^ a b "Our Campaign". leave.eu. Archived from the original on 13 October 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2015 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b Tim Ross (3 October 2015). "EU Referendum: grassroots 'out' campaign wins business and Tory backing". The Telegraph. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Key players in the EU referendum debate: Who wants to stay and who wants to leave?". ITV News. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ^ "The Campaign Against Euro Federalism (CAEF) supporting the Leave.EU Campaign". leave.eu. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ^ "EU referendum: Who's who guide to the UK exit campaigns". BBC News. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ^ Jon Stone (13 April 2016). "Vote Leave designated as official EU referendum Out campaign".
- ^ "Brexit: Leave.EU and Arron Banks' firm fined £120,000 over data breaches". BBC News. BBC. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
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