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Labour lost its overall majority on a major London borough today as a councillor defected to the Liberal Democrats over Europe.
It is a blow to John Biggs, the Labour executive mayor who won control of the strife-torn borough in 2015 after disgraced Lutfur Rahman was removed from office. The balance of power now swings from a 24-22 Labour majority to no overall control.
"I have been passionately pro-European as long as I can remember but, after a three-line whip for Brexit, I cannot see Labour any longer as an unambiguously pro-Europe party," said Mr Cregan who chairs the Pensions Committee.
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