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| Cameron 'will make sure EU referendum takes place' | Cameron 'will make sure EU referendum takes place' |
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| David Cameron is to promise to "make sure" UK voters get a referendum on whether to leave the European Union. | David Cameron is to promise to "make sure" UK voters get a referendum on whether to leave the European Union. |
| Launching the Conservatives' campaign for the local elections taking place later this month, the prime minister will argue that this is a "fundamental principle" for his party. | Launching the Conservatives' campaign for the local elections taking place later this month, the prime minister will argue that this is a "fundamental principle" for his party. |
| Mr Cameron will say Labour "won't" deliver a referendum and UKIP "can't". | Mr Cameron will say Labour "won't" deliver a referendum and UKIP "can't". |
| He will also argue that he has a record of "standing up" to Brussels over eurozone bailouts and EU budgets. | He will also argue that he has a record of "standing up" to Brussels over eurozone bailouts and EU budgets. |
| Councils in many parts of England will be holding polls on 22 May in England, the same day as elections for the European Parliament. | Councils in many parts of England will be holding polls on 22 May in England, the same day as elections for the European Parliament. |
| Mr Cameron, who is keen to prevent a surge in votes for UKIP - which campaigns for a withdrawal from the EU - will discuss the subject when he addresses Tory activists in the Midlands. | Mr Cameron, who is keen to prevent a surge in votes for UKIP - which campaigns for a withdrawal from the EU - will discuss the subject when he addresses Tory activists in the Midlands. |
| 'Track record' | 'Track record' |
| The prime minister, who has promised an "in-out" referendum by the end of 2017 if the Conservatives win next year's general election, will say: "To those people who say you won't deliver that renegotiation or referendum, I say: Judge me by my record as prime minister. | The prime minister, who has promised an "in-out" referendum by the end of 2017 if the Conservatives win next year's general election, will say: "To those people who say you won't deliver that renegotiation or referendum, I say: Judge me by my record as prime minister. |
| "Others talk about acting in the national interest or standing up to Europe, I do it, time and again - often in the teeth of opposition in Brussels and with a backdrop of uncertainty about whether it can really happen at home." | "Others talk about acting in the national interest or standing up to Europe, I do it, time and again - often in the teeth of opposition in Brussels and with a backdrop of uncertainty about whether it can really happen at home." |
| Mr Cameron will say: "People said I would never veto a European treaty. In 2011 that's exactly what I did. People said my attempts to cut the European budget would fail. But I secured that cut. | Mr Cameron will say: "People said I would never veto a European treaty. In 2011 that's exactly what I did. People said my attempts to cut the European budget would fail. But I secured that cut. |
| "People said I couldn't get Britain out of the eurozone bailout scheme which Labour got us into, but I did just that. And now, we're not liable to pay for any eurozone country that needs a bail-out. | "People said I couldn't get Britain out of the eurozone bailout scheme which Labour got us into, but I did just that. And now, we're not liable to pay for any eurozone country that needs a bail-out. |
| "So I have a track record of delivery - and believe me, whatever it takes, I will deliver this in-out referendum. Labour won't. UKIP can't. I will." | |
| Mr Cameron will say: "Let me be absolutely clear. The British people need to have their say on our membership of the EU. | Mr Cameron will say: "Let me be absolutely clear. The British people need to have their say on our membership of the EU. |
| "For me this is a fundamental principle. And I would not be prime minister of a government unless we could carry out our pledge of an in-out referendum. | "For me this is a fundamental principle. And I would not be prime minister of a government unless we could carry out our pledge of an in-out referendum. |
| "Because the British people deserve their say. And I will make sure they get it." | "Because the British people deserve their say. And I will make sure they get it." |