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PM: Ministers can campaign for either side in EU referendum

Government ministers are to be permitted to campaign on both the "Remain" and "Leave" sides in the upcoming referendum on UK membership of the European Union, Prime Minister David Cameron has told the House of Commons

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Lamont: Allowing ministers to campaign on EU referendum is 'common sense'

David Cameron's move to allow ministers to campaign on either side of the referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union is a "common sense decision", Conservative peer Norman Lamont has said.

The former Chancellor of the Exchequer, 73, told ITV News it is "entirely logical to allow people to express their views on an issue which doesn't have unanimity within any party".

I think it's a common sense decision. It is what happened last time we had a referendum under the Labour prime minister Harold Wilson. He allowed members of the cabinet the freedom to argue whichever side they did, and they all came together afterwards.

– Norman Lamont

He added that it is "the best way to keep the party united".

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