EU referendum: Kate Hoey gets backing to head no campaign

Labour donor backs woman who served as minister under Tony Blair, fearing that Ukip’s Nigel Farage would be divisive
Kate Hoey, the former Home Office minister under Tony Blair who is one of the most prominent Eurosceptics in the Labour party, is being lined up as a possible leader of the no campaign in the referendum on Britain’s EU membership.A leading Labour donor who is expected to bankroll the “Brexit” side described Hoey, the MP for Vauxhall, as a “tough fighter” who would appe