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David Cameron gives press conference on new deal for Britain – live | |
(35 minutes later) | |
10.27pm GMT | |
22:27 | |
Cameron says Britain would be stronger within a reformed EU. Labour’s Frank Field does not believe the prime minister has done enough. | |
Labour's Frank Field says he will be campaigning to leave the EU as Cameron has not managed to regain control of borders | |
10.25pm GMT | |
22:25 | |
Cameron also acknowledges the reports that some of his cabinet colleagues are likely to abandon him, saying the referendum campaign will not be fought on party lines. He says that some in his own party will be among those to reject his call to stay in a reformed EU. | |
10.24pm GMT | |
22:24 | |
Cameron lauds the deal. He says it says it guarantees: | |
Cameron says Britain would have to agree to any rolling back of the deal. “When I said I wanted reforms that are legally binding ... that is what I’ve got.” | |
And he calls the renegotiation a “live and let live” deal but says it is a “milestone, not and end point”. The deal will be presented to the cabinet on Saturday and to parliament on Monday. | |
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at 10.25pm GMT | |
10.12pm GMT | |
22:12 | |
The prime minister is presenting the deal he has agreed with his EU counterparts to the press. Watch above. | |
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at 10.13pm GMT | |
10.07pm GMT | |
22:07 | |
Ewen MacAskill | |
The special guest winding up the Grassroots Out launch in London, George Galloway, was a controversial choice: one of Britain’s most high-profile and controversial leftwingers in front of an audience that appeared to be dominated by Conservatives and Ukip members. | |
It was too much for some of them. There was booing and some even walked out. | |
Galloway, in a typically loud and boisterous speech, dismissed the EU as a rich man’s club and committed the Respect party to joining the GO coalition. He made a case against too many easy labels, such as nationalist and Little Englander, attached to the anti-EU movement. | |
“I want to nail the lie that to be on this side of the argument is to wallow in nationalism. As a matter of fact, I hate nationalism,” Galloway said, recalling his part in opposing Scottish independence. He wanted to trade with the Commonwealth and elsewhere around the world. “That is internationalism.” | |
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at 10.14pm GMT | |
9.58pm GMT | |
21:58 | |
Details emerge of renegotiated terms of Britain's EU membership | |
My colleagues in Brussels – Nicholas Watt, Ian Traynor and Jennifer Rankin – write to say that Cameron’s success in renegotiating the terms of Britain’s EU membership will pave the way for him to announce a referendum on 23 June. | |
The key changes will mean that: | |
• A proposed emergency brake on EU migrants claiming in work benefits will last for seven years. It will apply on an individual for no more than four years, and will be phased out after the first year. But the UK will be allowed to apply the overall restrictions for seven years. | |
• Restrictions on child benefit for EU migrants will kick in at a reduced rate – indexed to the rate of a migrant’s home country – for new migrants with immediate effect. Existing EU migrants will be paid at the lower rate from 2020. Eastern European countries had hoped to exempt existing migrants altogether. | |
• Britain has a specific opt-out from the EU’s historic commitment to forge an ‘ever closer union of the peoples of Europe’. | |
• One country – effectively Britain – will have the right to impose a handbrake to refer contentious financial regulation to a meeting of EU leaders in the European Council. | |
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at 10.05pm GMT | |
9.46pm GMT | 9.46pm GMT |
21:46 | 21:46 |
Now that David Cameron has secured a deal, he begins the task of selling it to the British public | Now that David Cameron has secured a deal, he begins the task of selling it to the British public |
I have negotiated a deal to give the UK special status in the EU. I will be recommending it to Cabinet tomorrow. Press conference shortly. | I have negotiated a deal to give the UK special status in the EU. I will be recommending it to Cabinet tomorrow. Press conference shortly. |
9.43pm GMT | 9.43pm GMT |
21:43 | 21:43 |
Reporters at the Grassroots Out event are saying that George Galloway - recently revealed as the special guest speaker - is not getting the best of receptions: | Reporters at the Grassroots Out event are saying that George Galloway - recently revealed as the special guest speaker - is not getting the best of receptions: |
And yes, that is @Tim_Aker walking out as Galloway starts ... pic.twitter.com/GYa8n8VwqY | And yes, that is @Tim_Aker walking out as Galloway starts ... pic.twitter.com/GYa8n8VwqY |
Security guards told by organisers to shut the doors to stop people leaving the hall as @georgegalloway speaks | Security guards told by organisers to shut the doors to stop people leaving the hall as @georgegalloway speaks |
9.39pm GMT | 9.39pm GMT |
21:39 | 21:39 |
Goodnight to second referendum: special UK deal will 'cease to exist' if UK votes to leave EU | Goodnight to second referendum: special UK deal will 'cease to exist' if UK votes to leave EU |
9.38pm GMT | 9.38pm GMT |
21:38 | 21:38 |
Ewen MacAskill | Ewen MacAskill |
Nigel Farage told the Grassroots Out conference that a deal had been reached. In his first reaction, he said: “Dave’s deal is not worth the paper it is written on.” | Nigel Farage told the Grassroots Out conference that a deal had been reached. In his first reaction, he said: “Dave’s deal is not worth the paper it is written on.” |
The response to the conference to Farage’s announcement was muted, in part because there is still no detail, as Farage acknowledged, and no official British confirmation. “This deal that has been done does not address the fundamental issues that the British people care about. It does not address the issues that our parliament is not able to overrule bad EU law.” Other issues were the £55m-a-day cost of membership and the inability to control migration. | The response to the conference to Farage’s announcement was muted, in part because there is still no detail, as Farage acknowledged, and no official British confirmation. “This deal that has been done does not address the fundamental issues that the British people care about. It does not address the issues that our parliament is not able to overrule bad EU law.” Other issues were the £55m-a-day cost of membership and the inability to control migration. |
“And yet, after a cabinet meeting at 9 o’clock tomorrow morning, there will be a press conference and the prime minister will tell you he has won this amazing deal.” | “And yet, after a cabinet meeting at 9 o’clock tomorrow morning, there will be a press conference and the prime minister will tell you he has won this amazing deal.” |
The surprise guest completing the night is George Galloway. | The surprise guest completing the night is George Galloway. |