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Ministers ‘rigging’ EU referendum
Government to push Yes vote right to poll

TORY ministers are “rigging” the vote on Britain’s membership of the European Union, MPs from all parties warned yesterday.

Voters are set to have their first say on EU membership since 1975 after the government’s referendum Bill yesterday passed its second reading in Parliament.

Labour MP Kate Hoey hailed a “great day for democracy.”

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