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| David Cameron faces TV questions on EU | David Cameron faces TV questions on EU |
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| David Cameron is facing his first major TV event of the EU referendum campaign in a live interview on Sky News. | David Cameron is facing his first major TV event of the EU referendum campaign in a live interview on Sky News. |
| The prime minister, the leading figure in the Remain camp, is also taking questions from a studio audience. | The prime minister, the leading figure in the Remain camp, is also taking questions from a studio audience. |
| Mr Cameron, whose party is split on the EU, has refused to take part in any head-to-head TV debates against fellow Conservatives who back leaving the EU. | Mr Cameron, whose party is split on the EU, has refused to take part in any head-to-head TV debates against fellow Conservatives who back leaving the EU. |
| But Michael Gove will make the case for Leave and face questions in an equivalent event on Sky on Friday. | But Michael Gove will make the case for Leave and face questions in an equivalent event on Sky on Friday. |
| When asked about the net number of EU migrants that have arrived in the UK since he became prime minister in 2010, he said about 600,000 had left this country and about 1.2 million had come to live or work here. | When asked about the net number of EU migrants that have arrived in the UK since he became prime minister in 2010, he said about 600,000 had left this country and about 1.2 million had come to live or work here. |
| He described this as "big numbers moving in each direction", adding that immigration was a big challenge - but one that could not be solved by leaving the single market and damaging the UK economy. | He described this as "big numbers moving in each direction", adding that immigration was a big challenge - but one that could not be solved by leaving the single market and damaging the UK economy. |
| Mr Cameron said the "worst thing we could do" to tackle the "challenge" of migration was to pull out of the single market. | Mr Cameron said the "worst thing we could do" to tackle the "challenge" of migration was to pull out of the single market. |
| He added that there were "good ways and bad ways" of controlling migration. | He added that there were "good ways and bad ways" of controlling migration. |
| The good, he said, was to reduce unemployment benefits and make more stringent demands about new migrants working and paying "into the system" before getting welfare access. | The good, he said, was to reduce unemployment benefits and make more stringent demands about new migrants working and paying "into the system" before getting welfare access. |
| The prime minister admitted "frustrations" with the EU but said many of them had been addressed in his negotiations with other EU leaders ahead of calling the referendum. | |
| Mr Cameron went on to say that negotiating new trade deals outside the EU would take 10 years, although it was put to him by Sky News's Faisal Islam that there would be no change for two years, while exit negotiations took place. | |
| The prime minister said the UK would then operate under World Trade Organisation rules with 10% tariffs, which would "hammer our farmers" and jobs. | |
| While facing questions from the audience, he also reiterated that he never wanted the UK to adopt the euro as its currency. | |
| 'Stream of people' | |
| A former NHS nurse asks Mr Cameron about the "never-ending stream of people" arriving from Europe and pressure on public services. | |
| "The worst thing we could do for our NHS is to wreck our economy by taking ourselves out of the single market," he replied. | |
| Mr Gove is among members of Mr Cameron's own cabinet backing the case for Brexit - alongside more than 100 Conservative MPs. | Mr Gove is among members of Mr Cameron's own cabinet backing the case for Brexit - alongside more than 100 Conservative MPs. |
| While live televised debates featured in the 2010 general election, with the three contenders for prime minister - David Cameron, Gordon Brown and Nick Clegg - taking part at the same time, the format was not repeated at the 2015 general election. | While live televised debates featured in the 2010 general election, with the three contenders for prime minister - David Cameron, Gordon Brown and Nick Clegg - taking part at the same time, the format was not repeated at the 2015 general election. |
| Thursday's event comes with three weeks to go before the in-out referendum on Britain's EU membership and follows the BBC's studio debate last week in Glasgow with leading campaigners for both sides. | Thursday's event comes with three weeks to go before the in-out referendum on Britain's EU membership and follows the BBC's studio debate last week in Glasgow with leading campaigners for both sides. |
| What TV debates are planned, and when? | What TV debates are planned, and when? |
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| Channel 4 | Channel 4 |