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EU row: Cameron has 'low opinion of British people'

Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has accused the Prime Minister of having "a low opinion of the British people" by downplaying the UK's prospects if it left the EU.

It comes after a Sunday newspaper column in which David Cameron accused MPs backing an EU exit of wanting to take "the gamble of the century" with the country's future.

Amid rising tensions between the pro- and anti-Brexit camps, Mr Cameron has reportedly been threatened with a challenge to his leadership unless he tones down attacks on MPs backing the "leave" campaign.

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Donald Tusk: This is a make or break summit

The President of the European Council has said that today's EU/UK renegotiation talks are a "make or break summit".

Donald Tusk spoke briefly to reporters outside the Brussels talks.

"We are in the middle of very difficult and sensitive negotiations on the UK question... One thing is clear to me though; this is a make or break summit."

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