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David Cameron 'won't quit if EU vote lost' David Cameron 'won't quit if EU vote lost'
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David Cameron says he will stay on as prime minister even if he loses the UK's referendum on its EU membership.David Cameron says he will stay on as prime minister even if he loses the UK's referendum on its EU membership.
The PM told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show he did not think quitting the EU was "the right answer" but the government would "do everything necessary to make it work" if the UK voted to leave.The PM told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show he did not think quitting the EU was "the right answer" but the government would "do everything necessary to make it work" if the UK voted to leave.
He also said he was hopeful of a deal by February on the EU reforms he wants to secure before holding the vote.He also said he was hopeful of a deal by February on the EU reforms he wants to secure before holding the vote.
The in-out referendum has been promised by the end of 2017.The in-out referendum has been promised by the end of 2017.
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The PM also reiterated his desire to campaign for the UK to remain in a reformed EU, but said he would rule nothing out if his demands were refused.The PM also reiterated his desire to campaign for the UK to remain in a reformed EU, but said he would rule nothing out if his demands were refused.
He said he was "close" to securing a deal, and suggested the vote could be held this summer, but that it would take place "later" if no agreement is reached. On the question of whether he would stay on as PM if he ended up on the losing side, he said: "The answer to that question is yes."
He said his priority was to hold a referendum and to "abide by what the British public say".
The question put to voters would be whether to stay in or leave the EU, he said, not "this politician's future or that politician's future".
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Welfare freeze
Mr Cameron said he was "close" to securing a deal, and suggested the vote could be held this summer, but that it would take place "later" if no agreement is reached.
One of his key proposals - a four-year freeze on in-work benefits for EU migrants - has met with stern opposition from his European counterparts, but Mr Cameron said it was still on the table until an "equally powerful and meaningful" alternative was proposed.One of his key proposals - a four-year freeze on in-work benefits for EU migrants - has met with stern opposition from his European counterparts, but Mr Cameron said it was still on the table until an "equally powerful and meaningful" alternative was proposed.
Asked whether the measure could be extended to UK nationals to overcome the opposition, he replied: "When I have got an announcement to make I will make it."Asked whether the measure could be extended to UK nationals to overcome the opposition, he replied: "When I have got an announcement to make I will make it."
He also said it had always been his intention to allow ministers to campaign for either side once a deal was reached, saying this was "fair, sensible and reasonable". The prime minister also played down reports of a deal involving Nato troops being based in Poland in exchange for support on his proposals, saying it had not been raised in any of the conversations he had been involved in.
Ministers are to be allowed to campaign for either side in the referendum once negotiations are complete, a measure Mr Cameron said he had always intended to take and described as "fair, sensible and reasonable".
A number of cabinet ministers are thought to favour an out vote.
Speaking on BBC Radio 5live's Pienaar's Politics, senior Conservative backbencher David Davis said he would be voting to leave, and that nothing the prime minister said in his interview had convinced him otherwise.
He predicted most of his backbench colleagues would "probably" join him in voting for a "Brexit".