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Rob Newman

Rob Newman is a former Labour political adviser and senior staff member at The Independent Group for Change

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(L-R) Chuka Umunna, Anna Soubry, Heidi Allen and Chris Leslie, all MP's of the new pro-EU political party, Change UK, listen to speeches at the launch of their European election campaign in April

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