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Rafael Behr, from the Guardian, says last week the Remain campaign started to get very nervous about how things were going, so they've "decided to clear the pitch" to make way for Labour to get its message out. 

But this demands something Labour isn't used to doing, he goes on. Normally, Labour can just point its supporters to the polls and say, "You know what to do", but that isn't the case this time, because a lot of its voters don't want to stay in the EU. 

Isabel Hardman, from the Spectator, says there will inevitably be some kind of post-mortem on the Labour In campaign and Alan Johnson could come in for a lot of criticism. 

He has barely been visble, she says, yet he's the official leader of Labour In and was supposed to enthuse Labour voters where Jeremy Corbyn perhaps couldn't.

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On the subject of immigration, UKIP leader Nigel Farage said a short time ago that a vote for the Leave campaign would help Britain "get a grip" on the migration issue. 

Speaking on a Brexit battlebus tour to Kent, he said: "What Migration Watch are telling us is that if migration continues into Britain at current levels, this country will have a population of 80 million by 2040. 

"I wonder where are the schools coming from, where are the hospitals coming from, where are the roads coming from? 

"What we are saying on the Leave campaign is let's get control, let's get back control of our borders, let's get British passports back, let's have an immigration policy that says we have a points-based system, and we limit the number of people that come."

"We believe Britain is fairer, safer and greener because of the EU, and we are fighting to stay in and make it better," says Green MP Caroline Lucas.

In the run-up to the EU referendum, the Daily Politics has offered politicians from all the main parties the chance to take to their soapboxes and make short films on the case for either remain or leave.

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Migration Watch is forecasting that if Turkey joins the UK, 100,000 Turks could come to the UK each year.

Bernard Jenkin says David Cameron has "flip-flopped" on his enthusiasm - or otherwise - for Turkey joining the EU. But he insists that "if you don't want Turkey to join the EU or you don't want to be in an EU with Turkey", this is your only chance to have a say.

"This is Project Fear," hits back Margaret Hodge, when it is put to her that Remain should have been more up-front about the fact that it is government policy to support Turkish joining the EU. 

She goes on to say that such accession "is so far down the line" that "Turkey will have changed completely" by the time it actually happened.

But in response to that, Leave's Mr Jenkin accuses Margaret Hodge of being out of touch with Labour's heartlands on immigration.

"Your party has abandoned your voters. That's why UKIP is second in your constituencies," he says.

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"Too many people have outrageously exploited the very complex issue of immigration," says Margaret Hodge when it is put to her that Labour voters in the North aren't hearing the party's pro-Remain message.

For Leave, Bernard Jenkin says David Cameron and George Osborne are "resorting to Gordon Brown" because "they're desperate", just as they were when he spoke in the closing stages of the Scottish independence referendum campaign.

Ms Hodge demands that Mr Jenkin tell her exactly where the Leave campaign would cut migration - listing tourism, the health service and education system as places where migrant labour is needed.

In reply, Mr Jenkin says this referendum "isn't about deciding what the immigration policy should be" - he said it's about making UK politicians "accountable" for decisions on the issue.

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Former chair of the Public Accounts Committee and Remain supporter Margaret Hodge says she's "up for a conversation about immigration", but isn't happy that the EU referendum is being turned into an argument about the issue.

She accuses Leave supporters of "grasping at straws" by using immigration. She says she "hates false promises" and accuses the Out campaign of doing that.

Bernard Jenkin, head of the Public Administration Committee and Leave supporter, says the UK cannot control immigration while in the EU.

He disputes the idea that the issue is "some sort of straw in the wind", when it goes to the heart of the debate "about control" and "democracy".

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Speaking to BBC political correspondent Ben Wright, leading Leave campaigner Boris Johnson says people are "increasingly listening" to the Leave campaign and Remain is getting "rattled".

Noting Remain's Labour push today, he says:

The former London mayor tells the BBC he is "pro immigration" but says candour is needed from politicians about what they can and can't achieve - and says the government's pledge to reduce net migration to the tens of thousands is "simply not deliverable" as long as the UK is in the EU.

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Shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn has sought to address concerns over immigration as part of a fightback by senior party figures to rally support for remaining in the EU.

Mr Benn set out the benefits of immigration but acknowledged widespread unease among many traditional Labour communities.

"For many people immigration is the issue in this referendum," he said accepting there were concerns about the pressure on services, overcrowding and national identity.

However, he said migrants were crucial for the economy and warned that Britain faced "a demographic time bomb" and would need more care workers to look after the elderly.

Already one in five care workers come from outside the UK.

Mr Benn insisted that "leaving the EU is not going to stop immigration".

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Asked about the conduct of the EU referendum campaign, and whether it has been good for undecided voters, Labour MP and Remain campaigner Stephen Kinnock says referendums "are by definition divisive" and adds that it's "a pity it has divided our country".

He says he hopes the UK votes to stay on 23 June, and after can "reunite and rebuild". He adds:

The Aberavon MP accuses the Leave campaign of "scaremongering" with its warning about Turkey joining the EU.

But Mr Kinnock tells BBC News the Remain campaign should have made more of the UK's planned presidency of the EU in 2017 - saying it was a "fantastic opportunity" for the UK to be "in the driving seat" in the EU.

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The audience on BBC One’s Question Time is as much the star of the show as the panellists. 

Every week the production team assembles a group of 150 members of the public who reflect the political make-up of the UK.

To find out how they do it, I met David Dimbleby as he prepared to face one of his biggest crowds ever at the BBC’s Great Debate at the SSE Arena, Wembley.

The film will air on Monday's Daily Politics and is part of a series looking at BBC referendum coverage. Watch them all here

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While the Green Party is mainly seen as a pro-EU party, not all members are supporters of the European Union.As part of the Daily Politics EU soapbox series, former leader Caroline Lucas puts the case for Remain, while activist Mark Hill explains why he wants out. These films will air on Monday's programme from 12:00.Watch the previous films that have already aired on TV.

Migration Watch - which campaigns for lower immigration - is forecasting today that if Britain votes to remain in the EU, net migration will exceed 250,000 a year for at least 20 years, and "could change the UK forever".

Responding to the predictions, the chief executive of the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, Saira Grant, said Migration Watch "accepts that in the short term only economic failure will reduce immigration into the UK" and "another recession" was "a high price to pay" for such a drop.

She continued: 

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The Leave campaign's claim that £350 million of UK money goes to Brussels each week has been widely criticised, but Boris Johnson has defended the figure again this morning.

Speaking to BBC Hereford and Worcester radio, he said "about half" of the money comes back, but that cash is "under the control of EU bureaucrats". 

Asked if it was a misleading claim, the Conservative MP added: "You are spending the money on my behalf, you're deciding what you think I should be spending that money on. We don't control that money anymore and a huge quantity of it is simply wasted."   

His comments came after Andrew Tyrie, chair of the Treasury Select Committee - who has today said he's for Remain - branded the figure a "disgraceful" falsehood. 

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