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Tony Blair (r) - under pressure on two fronts: the constitution and the EU budget (Photo: Council of the European Union)

UK under pressure over constitution referendum

London is set to come under the spotlight today (6 June) as politicians around Europe watch to see whether it will freeze its plans to hold a referendum on the constitution.

Foreign secretary Jack Straw is to address parliament at 14.15 GMT and is expected to postpone Britain's planned referendum, effectively putting a halt to the bloc's constitution ratification process.

If London does take this route, it will widen the rift which has opened between itself and Germany and France ...

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Tony Blair (r) - under pressure on two fronts: the constitution and the EU budget (Photo: Council of the European Union)

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