The UK could hold a referendum on EU membership as early as July 2016, The Guardian reported Monday evening (11 May).
The paper quoted a government source as saying that the “mood now is definitely to accelerate the process and give us the option of holding the referendum in 2016”.
During his election campaign, prime minister David Cameron had promised an in/out referendum by 2017...
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