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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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Osborne: Leaving EU would be 'huge leap in the dark'

Voting to leave the EU would be a "huge leap in the dark", George Osborne has said.

The Chancellor said remaining in the EU under Britain's renegotiated position would provide "the best of both worlds", with the UK having a "special status" within the union.

He said Britain could get the benefits of free trade and the security of the EU without the costs of the eurozone or being tied to ever-closer union.

"The alternative is a huge leap in the dark with the risks that that entails for our country, for its economy and our security," he told BBC Radio 4.

Mr Osborne said London Mayor Boris Johnson, who is yet to declare on which side he will campaign, would "take his own decision like everyone else in the country".

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