Summary

  • The UK faces an extra £2.4bn bill from Brussels if it remains part of the EU, Boris Johnson says

  • David Cameron warns an EU exit could push up mortgage rates

  • Leave campaigners say the UK could be pushed into future eurozone bailouts if it stays in the EU

  • Former PM Sir John Major attacks the "squalid" and "deceitful" campaign to get the UK out of the EU

  1. Khan defends EU vote campaign tacticspublished at 22:03 British Summer Time 31 May 2016

    Sadiq Khan defends campaigning with David Cameron in the EU referendum, saying he wants to make it clear Labour supports a Remain vote.

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  2. Could Brexit mean higher roaming costs?published at 21:56 British Summer Time 31 May 2016

    Could leaving the EU cost you more to use your phone abroad? Rory Cellan-Jones has been finding out.

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  3. Morning Star: 'Over 1,000 jobs chucked on scrapheap'published at 21:53 British Summer Time 31 May 2016

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  4. City AM front page: Warning that high street is in terminal declinepublished at 21:48 British Summer Time 31 May 2016

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  5. Tomorrow's papers: Independent digital - third poll points to Brexitpublished at 21:43 British Summer Time 31 May 2016

  6. Lib Dem leader urges McDonnell to 'stop bashing opponents in his own party'published at 21:29

    Tim Farron

    Liberal Democrat leader and Remain supporter Tim Farron has criticised shadow chancellor John McDonnell for claiming that sharing a platform with Conservatives "discredits" Labour.

    "The only person comments like this discredit is the shadow chancellor himself," Mr Farron said.

    "We are in the fight of our life to make the positive and uplifting case for Britain to remain at the heart of Europe. If he could avoid bashing opponents in his own party for five minutes and join us it would make a massive difference.

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    At a time when polls show half of Labour voters know their position on the EU, I'd urge the shadow chancellor to get out of closed meetings and make the case to the public. If he wants to share a platform I am happy to join him to make the case, together, for a progressive, reformed Europe."

  7. Has Leave promised £110bn of unfunded spending?published at 21:19 British Summer Time 31 May 2016

    Reality Check

    Will Straw saying: The Leave campaign has been exposed once again for promoting fantasy economics.

    The claim: Leave campaigners have suggested a British government outside the EU could spend billions of pounds on the NHS, schools and tax cuts. 

     Reality Check verdict: If you add together all the different suggestions from leave campaigners about how Britain's contribution to the EU might otherwise be spent, they come to more than anyone thinks would be affordable. They are not actual spending commitments because none of the Leave campaigners can guarantee that any particular proposal for spending would happen following Brexit.

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  8. Vote Leave wants to scrap fuel taxpublished at 21:05 British Summer Time 31 May 2016

    Leading figures in the campaign for Britain to leave the EU say they want to be able to scrap VAT on energy bills but Remain campaigners say this is 'fantasy' talk.

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  9. John McDonnell: 'It doesn’t help us appearing on platforms with Tories'published at 20:48 British Summer Time 31 May 2016

    John McDonnell

    Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has denied that his argument that sharing a platform with Conservatives "discredits" Labour was aimed at the London mayor.

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    I never mentioned Sadiq Khan’s name at all. The Labour campaign is specifically a Labour campaign. We’ve learnt the lesson of Scotland and the referendum there, where they saw all the parties coming together and people saying: well, that’s just the Westminster politicians campaigning. Labour has a distinct campaign. We’re trying to get our Labour vote out and particularly appeal to young people. It doesn’t help us appearing on platforms with Tories because they have a differing view of Europe."

  10. Are 1.2m businesses involved in exports to the EU?published at 20:25 British Summer Time 31 May 2016

    Reality Check

    Sajid Javid saying: 1.2 million SMEs (small and medium enterprises) are involved in exports to the European Union

    The Claim: 1.2 million small and medium businesses are involved in exports to the European Union. 

    Reality Check verdict: This figure is based on imperfect data, which means assumptions have been made, some of which are open to challenge. The definition of "involved" includes firms anywhere on the supply chain of an exporter, which is why the figure is so high.

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  11. Sun, sand and the EU Referendum debatepublished at 20:20 British Summer Time 31 May 2016

    Remain campaigners take to Barry Island feeling frustration over Tory EU clashes.

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  12. Listen: Talkin' 'bout my generation and Brexitpublished at 19:56 British Summer Time 31 May 2016

    The World at One
    BBC Radio 4

    During a live debate about the EU referendum, nine year old Fergus asks Liam Fox, Vince Cable, Roger Bootle and Roland Rudd how leaving the EU would affect his generation in terms of jobs.

  13. Labour MP Jess Phillips 'receives 5,000 abusive tweets'published at 19:53 British Summer Time 31 May 2016

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  14. Britain and Europe: For richer or poorer?published at 19:38 British Summer Time 31 May 2016

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    Laura Kuenssberg

    Ahead of the EU referendum, Laura Kuenssberg examines the economic costs and benefits of EU membership.

    She talks to politicians and business leaders on both sides of the debate in a bid to find out what leaving could mean for trade and jobs, for red tape and people's livelihoods. She also looks at what the UK brings to the EU, and what it gets back, before hearing the views of the public on whether Britain is better off in or out.

    Watch here from 21:00 BST or using the live tab above.

  15. Can Leave win in the Glasgow shipyards?published at 19:26 British Summer Time 31 May 2016

    James Naughtie, special correspondent, Radio 4 News

    Clyde shipyardsImage source, AFP

    The shipyards of the River Clyde were the engine of empire. They built whole navies, and liners that sailed the seven seas. And most of them have gone.

    So when you talk of the European referendum here - about jobs in the old industries, and investment in the future - where do people believe their interest lies?

    I found scepticism about the arguments on both sides.

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  16. UKIP spokesman says deal to curb online hate speech threatens 'precious freedom'published at 19:19

    Peter WhittleImage source, PA

    UKIP's culture spokesman has criticised an agreement between the European Commission and tech firms Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Microsoft to tackle hate speech online.

    London Assembly member Peter Whittle said: "In recent times, we have seen a number of disturbing developments, of which this is just the latest, which undermine the precious value of freedom of speech upon which our democracy is based. "The nebulous and vague language used in this European Commission drafted Code of Conduct combined with the cultural differences across the EU, which are so stark, makes me fear that genuine free speech and the holding of sincere and honest beliefs, such as being opposed to creation of a European supranational state, could lead to such opinions being removed from the internet under the flimsiest of pretences.

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    I am also uncomfortable with private institutions enforcing a common EU policy and I do passionately believe that matters related to our civil liberties should be determined at a national not European level."

  17. Nigel Farage blames 'organised group of anarchists' for cancelled visitpublished at 19:08 British Summer Time 31 May 2016

    Nigel Farage

    UKIP leader Nigel Farage speaks to the BBC after he cancelled an appearance in Northampton amid protests.

    "I'm not sure you can judge the welcome in Northampton by an organised, paid for group of anarchists who went along with the express intention of drowning out debate," he says.

    He adds: "I don't like what Peter Mandelson has to say or David Cameron has to say, but I do listen to what they have to say before I answer."

    Mr Farage says the planned visit was scrapped on the basis of "security advice". He claims the group behind the protest was "Hope not Hate" which is funded by unions and support Labour.

    He argues that the group could look at "anti-Semitism within the party they support" if they want to criticise extremism.

  18. 'Frustration' over Tory EU clashespublished at 18:55 British Summer Time 31 May 2016

    Remain campaigners feel frustrated the EU referendum debate sometimes appears to be like a fight between Conservative politicians, a former home secretary says.

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  19. Labour Leave claims support from unnamed senior front bench figurepublished at 18:48 British Summer Time 31 May 2016

  20. Chairman of Parliament watchdog has some harsh words for MPs and the presspublished at 18:28 British Summer Time 31 May 2016

    Sir Ian KennedyImage source, PA

    The independent watchdog for MPs' pay and expenses has produced a report on the first five years of its existence - and its chairman has taken a few swipes at politicians and the media.

    The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) was set up in the wake of the MPs' expenses scandal and its report covers the 2010-15 Parliament., external

    In his foreword, Sir Ian Kennedy describes his job as "part constitutional reform, part mud-wrestling, part pioneer frontiersman, and part voyager through Dante’s Inferno".

    He says MPs were "not welcoming" during his first appearance before a parliamentary committee: "MPs may have voted to create an independent regulatory body but that did not mean that it had to go off and behave like one!"

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    The journalists in the Lobby had already turned me over (three days after my appointment!) for daring to think for myself and not immediately signing up to the punitive approach advocated by Sir Christopher Kelly and backed by the majority of newspapers."