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Former Tory chancellor Lord Lawson has been named as the chairman of a group campaigning for the UK to leave the EU.The 83-year-old will chair Vote Leave, one of two groups vying to be the official Out campaign in the EU referendum.The group’s CEO Matthew Elliott, campaign director Dominic Cummings and company secretary Victoria Woodcock are leaving the board.These changes were previously planned, Vote Leave said.

Source: EU referendum: Lord Lawson to chair Vote Leave campaign – BBC News

Lord Lawson will be better known to the younger listeners as Nigella’s Dad.