Labour and Conservatives braced for further defections to Independent Group
(World News UK)

Both Labour and the Conservatives are braced for further walkouts as the creation of a new independent grouping of MPs continues to rip through the political landscape. As members of The Independent Group (TIG) said they expected to see more MPs join them, it emerged former prime minister David Cameron made a last-ditch bid to try to stop a trio of Tories quitting. High-profile ex-minister Anna Soubry said Mr Cameron had reached out to the MPs as they prepared to turn their backs on the Tories for TIG. Ms Soubry told The Times Red Box podcast that Mr Cameron sent them a text saying: `Is it...