Many EU citizens living in the UK are reportedly attempting to become British citizens over Brexit fears - should they be worried?

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In their letter to the Telegraph, external, former Conservative leaders Lord Howard and Iain Duncan Smith say they are "coming together" with two former chancellors - Lord Lawson and Lord Lamont - to talk about the "opportunities" of leaving the EU and "risks" of remaining.

"Britain is the world’s fifth largest economy and its foremost financial centre with an unrivalled concentration of markets and expertise," they write.

The prime minister attacks the Leave campaign for undermining public confidence in the Bank of England.

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The accusation by senior Conservatives of "ludicrous scaremongering" follows George Osborne's warning that an emergency budget would be needed if there is a vote to Leave.

BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith says the former chancellors and Tory leaders have attacked institutions normally outside "the political fray", by accusing the Treasury and the Bank of England of "dishonesty".

Norman tells the Today programme that this fits with the Leave campaign's desire to be seen as "anti-establishment, the people's revolt, taking on the cosseted institutions of the state". However, there is "mounting anxiety" in Downing Street over "collateral damage to the institutions of British society".

He thinks the Remain campaign will keep "hammering on the economy as their core message" with just days to go before the vote,

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Senior Conservatives have accused the Bank of England and the Treasury of "peddling phoney forecasts" to scare people into voting to stay in the EU.

Former chancellors Lord Lamont and Lord Lawson and ex-Tory leaders Iain Duncan Smith and Lord Howard said "startling dishonesty" had been displayed.

They said George Osborne's warning of spending cuts and tax rises after a Leave vote was "born of desperation".

Remain dismissed "yet more fantasy economics from the Leave campaign".

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Welcome back to our live coverage of the EU referendum campaign.

There is just one week left before voters choose whether to Remain in or Leave the European Union.

Here's a look back at what's been happening on the EU referendum campaign trail, and in other political news.

• Justice Secretary and Leave campaigner Michael Gove called for a "balanced" migration system, as he answered questions during a BBC Question Time special
• Home Secretary Theresa May has said the government "should look at further reform" of free movement of people, if the UK stays in the EU - but Chancellor George Osborne earlier ruled out any further immediate changes to the rules
• Tory backbenchers reacted angrily to George Osborne's warning of cuts to public spending and tax increases in the wake of a vote to leave the EU - with 65 MPs saying in a letter they would block any attempt at a so-called "punishment" Budget
• But Downing Street backed Mr Osborne, saying the economic crisis that would ensue could not be ignored
• In an unexpected turn of events, UKIP leader Nigel Farage and rock star Bob Geldof traded insults in a nautical battle over the EU referendum
• Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon provoked controversy after saying the UK voting to leave the European Union could risk a "right-wing Tory takeover"
• Prime Minister David Cameron and Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones joined forces to urge voters to back remaining in the EU
• And in non-EU referendum news, former BHS owner Sir Philip Green vowed to sort out the pensions "mess" that followed the collapse of the retailer last month.

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In a BBC Newsnight interview, former Tory Attorney General Dominic Grieve has criticised the Leave campaign's proposals for how the UK would leave the EU, if it voted for Brexit on 23 June.

"There is a legal method of leaving the EU, it’s provided for in the treaty, Article 50. They’ve come along and said they don’t want to use Article 50 they want a mixture of informal negotiation and while they’re informally negotiating they want to enact legislation in Parliament which is in breach of our treaty," he said.

Mr Grieve added that the "probable outcome would be a chaotic departure from the EU which is the very thing the Brexiteers are telling us they want to and can avoid", and warned Leave's proposals could create a "constitutional and legal crisis".

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Labour Leave has accused Bob Geldof of "appalling behaviour", after he led a counter protest next to a flotilla of pro-Brexit fishing boats, led by Nigel Farage.

Labour Leave general secretary Brendan Chilton said the EU's common fisheries policy had inflicted "absolute devastation" on British fishing and communities, and that the fisherman who took part in the flotilla wanted to "make their voices heard".

He added:

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BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg says something strange is happening in the referendum campaign. The Remain campaign is "nervous" because they're "confronting the fact they might lose" the referendum, she says, while Leave is "nervous" because they're "confronting the fact they might win".

She says Remain is shouting "as loudly as it can about" its core message, on the economy, but it's aware that some voters feel quite deafened by that and may not be listening.

Meanwhile, Leave is "pretty buoyant" even though they know they "haven't been able to fill in all the blanks that voters have been asking them to do". She says the fact the focus has been on immigration has been advantage for Leave - helped in part, she adds, because of the "conflicting messages" coming out of Remain camp on EU free movement rules.

"The vote is very, very close in a time sense, but a lot could still change in this campaign. It's been very dynamic, it may still move very fast, and the concrete is really not set yet," Laura adds.

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Prime Minister David Cameron and First Minister Carwyn Jones have joined forces to urge voters to back remaining in the EU.

On a joint visit to British Gas offices in Cardiff, Mr Cameron said the referendum campaign was very close with many people genuinely undecided.

Mr Jones said Britain had to be "on the pitch" for the world to take notice.

Vote Leave Cymru said it was "another stage-managed event, organised away from real members of the public".

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If the UK votes to leave the EU next week, the move could ultimately lead to the bloc's disintegration, Germany's foreign minister warns.