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BRITAIN looks set for its first poll on membership of the European Union since 1975 yesterday as a backbench Bill passed its first test in Parliament.
Tory MP Bob Neill launched the second bid to put a referendum on the statute books after a similar Bill failed last year.
Labour’s front bench led opposition to the plans but three red rebels were among the 283 MPs who marched through the lobby to boost the prospect of a 2017 poll.
Can entrenched institutional power be overcome?
Meanwhile, incoming PM Andy Burnham dithers over who should be his Chancellor
Once derided by Farage as a ‘fraud,’ Jenrick has defected to Reform, bringing experience and political ruthlessness to the populist right — and raising the unsettling prospect of a Farage-led movement with a seasoned operative pulling the strings, says ANDREW MURRAY