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Twenty Labour MPs have written an open letter pleading with TV bosses for air time in the EU referendum run-in.

They fear the party’s message is being drowned out by the Tory civil war as the countdown to June 23 continues.

Labour bigwigs launch a media blitz this week in a desperate bid to drum up support for Remain.

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown gives a speech on Monday, while Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn makes his second major intervention of the campaign.

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High-profile Labour frontbenchers tour the West Midlands on Tuesday on the Labour In for Britain battle bus.

Ex-deputy leader Harriet Harman, former Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and Shadow Defence Secretary Emily Thornberry will be aboard.

And leader Jeremy Corbyn meets union bosses at the TUC in London, highlighting how the EU boosts workers’ rights.

MPs fear the Tory “psychodrama” is alienating Labour voters, seen as key to the referendum result.

Read more:When is the EU referendum result?

Backbencher Clive Efford has organised a letter signed by MPs including former Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett, ex-Chief Treasury Secretary Liam Byrne and Rushanara Ali calling for more focus on Labour voices.

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It says: “We are in the unprecedented situation where the UK government is engaged in a vitriolic internal battle over its future leadership while the entire country ponders the more crucial decision of the EU referendum.

“The impact of a leave vote will be catastrophic for the British people. Mainstream Labour voices in the debate must be given more airtime if this catastrophe is to be avoided.

Read more:Two out of five Labour voters don’t know party’s stance on EU, Tom Watson admits

“The daily exchanges of abuse from Tory Cabinet members is irresistible to the media and leaving space for little else.”

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell warned Tory wars were dominating coverage.

He told ITV’s Peston on Sunday: “I think we can create a reform agenda that is extremely positive.

“The problem is I’ve been arguing that case for quite a while now but it’s been squeezed out of the media by the punch-ups in the Tory Party.”

But, he added he was “fed up of ‘project fear’ on both sides”.

Mr McDonnell said: “All these exaggerated claims that have come forward are turning people off.”