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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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EU has 'proved a failure on so many fronts', says Gove

Michael Gove will support the "leave" campaign. Credit: PA

Michael Gove has said Britain would be "freer, fairer and better off outside the EU".

The Justice Secretary said backing the "Leave" campaign was "the most difficult decision of my political life", adding that it "pained" him to disagree with the Prime Minister.

But he said leaving the EU would allow Britain to take control and "show the rest of Europe the way to flourish".

Among a series of points in a lengthy statement, Mr Gove said the EU is a constraint on ministers' ability to do their jobs and that membership of the bloc prevented Britain from changing laws and making "critical decisions".

He said the EU had proved "a failure on so many fronts" and described it as "an analogue union in a digital age".

Mr Gove said: "This chance may never come again in our lifetimes, which is why I will be true to my principles and take the opportunity this referendum provides to leave an EU mired in the past and embrace a better future."

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