Remainer groups launch £1m drive to STOP Brexit by forcing second referendum as negotiations reach crucial phase

• Nine Remain groups have joined forces to demand a second Brexit referendum 
• The new campaign is backed by £1million in funding to try and stop Brexit
• The cross party push fronted by Tory Anna Soubry and Labour's Chuka Umunna

A £1million campaign to stop Brexit by forcing a second referendum will be launched this weekend.

Dubbed 'The People's Vote' the campaign brings together nine different Remain groups and MPs from across the political divide.

Tory Anna Soubry and Labour's Chuka Umunna are figureheads of the new campaign, which was revealed today by the Telegraph. 

Arch Brexiteer Sir Bill Cash, chairman of the influential European Scrutiny Committee accused the group of defying the referendum.

Tory Anna Soubry and Labour's Chuka Umunna are figureheads of the new campaign, which was revealed today

Arch Brexiteer Sir Bill Cash, chairman of the influential European Scrutiny Committee accused the group of defying the referendum

He told the paper: 'They are completely defying the British people who made a decision which was given to them by parliament itself.

'The latest polling says 65 per cent of the British people do not want a second referendum; they are living in a parallel universe.'

Unveiling the campaign, James McGrory, the executive director of Open Britain, said: 'The various pro-European groups have never hidden the fact that their co-location in Millbank Tower was a precursor to the launch of a new overarching campaign.

'We're publicly organising over 300 grassroots events on Saturday and a launch event on Sunday.'

The campaign launch comes as the Brexit talks enter a new phase, focused on future trading relationships.

Bitain will send hundreds of civil servants to Brussels to hammer out a trade deal by October after David Davis won a battle inside Whitehall.

Arch Brexiteer Sir Bill Cash, chairman of the influential European Scrutiny Committee accused the group of defying the referendum

He told the paper: 'They are completely defying the British people who made a decision which was given to them by parliament itself.

'The latest polling says 65 per cent of the British people do not want a second referendum; they are living in a parallel universe.'

Unveiling the campaign, James McGrory, the executive director of Open Britain, said: 'The various pro-European groups have never hidden the fact that their co-location in Millbank Tower was a precursor to the launch of a new overarching campaign.

'We're publicly organising over 300 grassroots events on Saturday and a launch event on Sunday.'

The campaign launch comes as the Brexit talks enter a new phase, focused on future trading relationships.

Britain will send hundreds of civil servants to Brussels to hammer out a trade deal by October after David Davis won a battle inside Whitehall.

Britain will send hundreds of civil servants to Brussels to hammer out a trade deal by October after David Davis (pictured left last month with Michel Barnier) won a battle inside Whitehall

The Brexit Secretary has been wrestling with civil servant Olly Robbins, Theresa May's chief Brexit adviser, over what can be achieved in trade talks.

Mr Robbins had agreed with the EU's position that the best Britain can hope for this year is a broad statement of principles that can be turned into a trade deal later.

The dispute centred on whether sending hundreds of officials to fight for a more ambitious conclusion would endanger the chances of getting a deal at all.