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Live updates: Final day of campaigning before EU vote

With one day to go before a historic vote on Britain's future inside the EU, rival campaigners have been criss-crossing the country in a final push for votes.

Latest developments:

  • David Cameron vowed to stay on as prime minister upon Brexit
  • Boris Johnson said the UK was on the verge of something "extraordinary"
  • Michael Gove told ITV News he was sorry for comparing pro-EU experts to Nazis
  • Ex-PM Sir John Major called Leave campaigners the "grave diggers of our prosperity"
  • Nigel Farage said Ukip had changed politics as he predicted a win for the leave campaign
  • Over 1,000 business leaders said a vote to leave would mean fewer jobs
  • The Italian prime minister urged British voters not to make the "wrong choice" to leave
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Nigel Farage pulls out of final EU Referendum debate

Ukip leader Nigel Farage. Credit: PA

Nigel Farage will miss the final televised EU Referendum debate on Wednesday evening.

Mr Farage was due to appear on Europe: The Final Debate with Jeremy Paxman on Channel 4 from 9pm - the day before the polls open.

A spokesman for the Ukip leader said he would not be taking part because of "family reasons".

Channel 4 said they were notified at 2pm and the lineup has since been reshuffled.

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