Sir James Dyson: We will create more wealth and jobs being outside EU

Britain will be able to create more wealth and jobs if it is outside the EU rather than in it, according to entrepreneur Sir James Dyson.

The inventor also rubbished claims Britain would be shunned in international markets in the event of a Brexit, branding it "absolute cobblers", as he threw his backing behind the Vote Leave campaign in an interview with The Daily Telegraph.

He said: "We will create more wealth and more jobs by being outside the EU. We will be in control of our destiny. And control, I think, is the most important thing in life and business.

"The last thing I would ever want to do is to put myself in somebody else's hands. Not just the other countries, but the Brussels bureaucrats."

Sir James went on to say that doing business on the continent had left him with the belief that EU powers "protect vested interests," and called David Cameron and George Osborne "fundamentally wrong" in campaigning to Remain.

The comments came as prominent Labour figures, including party leader Jeremy Corbyn, urged voters to opt to stay in the EU as they insisted a Brexit was not the solution to widespread concerns over the impact of immigration and said staying in was a "practical decision" for the sake of workers' rights.