Tory MPS back Brexit coin

Tory MPS Sir Bill Cash and Craig Mackinlay have urged the Government to put Britannia on a new coin to celebrate Brexit.

The figure of Britannia seated next to a lion has been on many 50p coins in the past, but not since 2008.

Sir Bill, a leading Eurosceptic, said: “I think I would go back to past coins – the Queen’s head plus Britannia with the shield and a Union Jack on the shield. Simple but not corny.”