Germany warns United Kingdom on single market access

The ORB survey, carried out for The Independent, showed that only 38 per cent of Tory voters support David Cameron’s decision to campaign for Remain.

The Electoral Commission, which oversees election procedures, urged a change in the law so that citizens thwarted by the crash could register to vote.

The government said it was “urgently considering” options.

“It is vital that everyone who wants to participate in this historic referendum is able to”, the commission said in a statement.

Should Britain leave the 28-country bloc, pro-EU ministers are expected to try and keep Britain in the single market, which guarantees the free movement of people, goods and services, by joining the European Economic Area (EEA).

More than half a million people registered Tuesday to vote in the June 23 referendum.

Meanwhile, one-time rivals, former Labour prime minister Tony Blair and former Conservative prime minister Sir John Major, joined forces to campaign against Britain leaving the EU.

“Evidence shows younger people are overwhelmingly pro-European, and if they are disenfranchised it could cost us our place in Europe”. In telephone polls, Remain consistently receives a higher rating.

The 28 European Union ministers are due to agree on Friday more strict rules for gun purchase and ownership, a policy proposed after Islamist attacks in Paris killed 130 people in November, but one that has since been watered down.

Polls suggest a neck-to-neck race between the “Leave” and “Remain” camps ahead of the vote.

BMG Research polled 1,638 voters, who found that most big name interventions on the Brexit debate have driven voters towards that Leave camp.

Cameron attacked what he called Farage’s “little England” vision and said a Leave vote would mean “quitting, and I don’t think we’re quitters”.

Anand Menon, director of the United Kingdom in a Changing Europe and professor of European politics and foreign affairs at King’s College London, said: “It’s now more imperative than ever that the public can be provided with as much factual information about the EU as possible before they cast their vote”.

Without applying weighting for turnout, the survey showed 53% of people believe Britain should exit the European Union, while 47% say it should not. “There is a serious risk of a new referendum (on Scottish independence), not immediately perhaps, but eventually”.

The looming referendum has polarised politicians on the matter of whether Britain should stay in the European Union or quit, with a range of polls implying the vote could go either way.

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