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UK 'to hold referendum' on staying in EU

A report by the tabloid newspaper, The Sun, today claims that UK prime minister Tony Blair is set to call a referendum on whether or not Britain should remain in the EU.

Alternatively, he could effectively turn the next general election - due in 2006 - into a single-issue poll on Britain's relationship with Europe, the paper says.

But the timing and phrasing of the question have yet to be decided.

If Mr Blair were to win such an all-encompassing poll, it could then give hi...

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