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David Cameron says UK risks going 'back to square one' outside EU | |
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The government would have to put up taxes or cut spending or risk "going back to square one" if it votes to leave the EU, David Cameron has said. | |
Asked about warnings of an emergency budget, the PM said there would be a cost that would have to be made up - and "you can't leave it". | |
Mr Cameron was facing questions from a studio audience in a special Question Time in Milton Keynes. | |
He said the UK would be "a quitter" if it voted to leave. | |
The PM's grilling is the second of two special editions of Question Time. Justice Secretary Michael Gove, who wants to leave the EU, faced the same 45-minute format of questioning on Wednesday night. | |
The referendum on whether the UK should stay in the EU or leave takes place on Thursday. | The referendum on whether the UK should stay in the EU or leave takes place on Thursday. |
Mr Cameron and the government are campaigning for a vote to remain, although ministers such as Mr Gove who want to leave have been granted permission to campaign for the other side. | Mr Cameron and the government are campaigning for a vote to remain, although ministers such as Mr Gove who want to leave have been granted permission to campaign for the other side. |
During his questioning, Mr Cameron faced repeated questions on immigration, and his previous pledge to reduce net migration to the tens of thousands. | |
Leave campaigners say the free movement principle makes it impossible for the UK to control its borders. | |
Mr Cameron said controlling immigration had been "difficult" because "lots of people want to come to this country". | |
But he said there was "no silver bullet" and that leaving the EU and the single market was "not the right way to control immigration". | |
If the UK votes to leave, he said, "that's it, we are walking out the door, we are quitting - we are giving up on this organisation". | |
"I do not think Britain, at the end, is a quitter," he said. | |
The PM has refused to take part in a debate against other senior Conservatives. | The PM has refused to take part in a debate against other senior Conservatives. |
Opinion polls suggest Thursday's vote will be close, with campaigning under way again after it was suspended following the death of Labour MP Jo Cox. | Opinion polls suggest Thursday's vote will be close, with campaigning under way again after it was suspended following the death of Labour MP Jo Cox. |
Earlier he used a Sunday Telegraph article to warn voters there would be "no turning back" if Britain voted to leave on Thursday and it could lead to "debilitating" economic uncertainty for up to a decade. | Earlier he used a Sunday Telegraph article to warn voters there would be "no turning back" if Britain voted to leave on Thursday and it could lead to "debilitating" economic uncertainty for up to a decade. |
Leave campaigners say the UK could thrive outside the EU and have labelled the PM's arguments "project fear" following repeated warnings about the consequences of a Brexit. | Leave campaigners say the UK could thrive outside the EU and have labelled the PM's arguments "project fear" following repeated warnings about the consequences of a Brexit. |