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Gisela Stuart, the Labour MP and chair of Vote Leave, has been talking to Channel 4's political editor Gary Gibbon about the EU referendum campaign, in which she has been touring the UK alongside Boris Johnson. 

In a wide-ranging interview, Tony Blair's former Europe minister says she did not get into politics to obsess about the European Union but her time in government had taught her the EU was "incapable of changing and adapting from within".

Asked why her ardent euroscepticism isn't shared more widely in her party, she says she is fairly unique in being "more exposed to the workings" of the EU.

She also expresses concern that the EU question will be a catalyst for eurosceptic Labour voters to turn to UKIP, a "bad move" as she puts it.

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A Labour peer has criticised the use of the NHS logo on the Vote Leave referendum battle bus, which is touring the UK ahead of the in-out vote on 23 June.

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon asked the government in the Lords whether permission had been given by the Department of Health "for the disgraceful use of the NHS logo on the side of Boris's blunder bus".

She said she had previously been told the NHS logo could not be used because it was "political".

Health minister Lord Prior of Brampton told Baroness Royall:

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Lord Sugar, the government's new enterprise tsar and a supporter of the UK staying in the EU, has criticised Leave campaigners and described Boris Johnson as “an ex-mayor who has gone off the rails".

Speaking to BBC Newsnight, on later, he said:

Lord Sugar said both sides of the referendum debate had exaggerated and made unfounded claims, which left voters "very confused".

Remain, as well as the Leave, had to do a better job of substantiating their claims, he added.

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Richard Tice, a property developer and co-chair of the unofficial Leave.EU campaign, thinks there's "passion" in the EU referendum campaign but he says instead of "a constructive, positive, healthy debate" voters are getting a "blue on blue battle" that is seen as a "precursor to a Tory leadership campaign".

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Radio 4's PM programme asks whether voters are being well served by the Remain and Leave campaigns?

Former Labour advisor Ayesha Hazarika, who backs Remain, says she doesn't think they are. People thought the referendum would be "a festival of democracy" and a chance for a proper, informed debate involving people from all parts of the country, she says.

"But I don't think that's happened," she says. She says the voices have been limited and people have been "switched off" by it looking like "a row between quite an elite group of people at the top of one political party". She thinks women feel particularly excluded, too.

Ms Hazarika contrasts it to the Scottish referendum campaign which she says "really captured people's imaginations".

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There is an old joke about summits being places where politicians gather to agree that "summat" ought to be done.

And it is true that many international meetings produce more words than actions. But at this week's meeting of G7 industrialised nations in Japan, words will probably be enough for David Cameron, so long as they support Britain staying in the EU.

On his last scheduled overseas visit before next month's referendum, the prime minister will be more than happy if he can get a pro-Remain endorsement from world leaders before dashing home to continue campaigning for his political life and our future relationship with the EU.

The referendum is not officially on the summit agenda and British officials insist there is no plan for any kind of joint statement.

But they admit that Brexit will be discussed on the margins of this meeting in central Japan.

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Sterling risks being "considerably" weakened in the event of the UK leaving the EU and could lose its status as a reserve currency, credit ratings agency Standard and Poor's has warned.

The S&P report says the loss of reserve currency status could push up the cost of government borrowing and threaten the UK's AAA credit rating.

The paper says Brexit would be a "step into the unknown" in terms of the trading relationship with the rest of the EU.

S&P Global Ratings analyst Frank Gill adds: 

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Nigel Farage has described a poster encouraging black and minority ethnic voters to turn out in the EU referendum as “deplorable” and wilfully divisive.

The UKIP leader said the poster – which shows an angry white skinhead shouting at a woman of South Asian origin – “takes us down a root of sectarian politics”. 

An Operation Black Vote source described Mr Farage’s reaction as “fantastic”, adding:

Disability charity Papworth Trust has published a report highlighting how disabled people could be affected by the EU referendum outcome, as part of a move to push disability issues higher up the referendum agenda.

The charity says the report, external contains information about the relationship between the EU and disability in the UK - as well as what the two rival campaigns are saying ahead of the vital decision.

Its chief executive, Vicky McDermott, said of the referendum:

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Andrew Lilico, who chairs Economists for Britain - a Vote Leave affiliated body - explains why high-profile Vote Leave campaigners should stop going on the attack.

A Survation phone poll on behalf of IG, which in the UK provides financial spread betting, suggests Remain is ahead in the EU referendum campaign, with 44% compared to Leave's 38%.

It says its polling this year "has shown voting intention for Leave between 41% and 46% and Remain between 54% and 59% (excluding undecided voters) - a consistent picture despite the Leave and Remain campaigns beginning in earnest during this period".

Chief executive Damian Lyons Lowe said:

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The Daily Mail, external reports a fresh warning about the potential economic cost of Brexit - this time issued by the head of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), who has said that import tariffs would cost the UK billions.

WTO director general Roberto Azevedo says the UK would have to negotiate membership of the organisation - as it is currently represented by the EU - and trade deals with countries around the world.

The intervention came as the rival camps in the referendum debate clashed over a stark warning about the potential impact of Brexit from the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

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Liberal Democrat former Business Secretary Sir Vince Cable says voting for the UK to leave the EU is "an act of faith - it's a leap in the dark".

Sir Vince, who served in the Conservative-led coalition government, contrasted this stance with that of the Institute for Fiscal Studies and other economists arguing that Britain should Remain, as offering "hard practical evidence of what is likely to happen if we leave", which he adds is "pretty negative".