20/02/2016 BBC Weekend News

Any time now, David Cameron is set to announce the date

of the referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union.

A Cabinet meeting has been taking place today after a deal was finally

reached in Brussels last night on changes to the UK's relationship

The agreement included limiting some EU migrants' benefits

and exempting Britain from further political integration.

Here's our political correspondent, Chris Mason.

Out of his front door and committed to getting out of the European

Union. Justice Secretary Michael Gove on his way to the Cabinet this

morning. I will be making a statement after the Cabinet today

but thank you very much for asking. The Prime Minister said he was

disappointed your decision, what has this done for your relationship?

Shortly words, he and plenty of others arrived in Street. Plenty of

questions for them, but no answers, at least yet. When this meeting is

over, they will be free to properly spell out whether they want the UK

to leave the EU and keep their jobs. Those who want us to stay in the EU

are making the case already. The prime in has delivered a clear plan

that gives Britain special status in the European Union, where we get the

best of both worlds, so we are stronger, safer and better off in

the EU, and the alternative is a leap in the dark. What has the prime

ministers secured from his renegotiation in Brussels? If the UK

stays in the EU, the deal means that EU worker's benefits can be limited

for their first Ford years. The UK can be excused from a commitment

which Brussels calls ever closer union, and countries which do not

have the euro will have a safeguard mechanism to raise concerned about

your zone issues. He has got to fight on the issues that really

matter. What secures peace in Europe, what secures prosperity in

Europe? That gear changes necessary to win a referendum campaign. It

will be interesting to see whether the Prime Minister has it within to

get off the Monisha and onto the issues that matter. We are grubbing

around the edges, dealing with migrant benefits. At the same time,

there are massive issues with migration and the Eurozone. I look

at the European Union now, and the one word that clearly comes out to

me as failure. It does not work. So, Westminster weights. This afternoon

the Prime Minister will name the date, most likely in June, when we

will get their say on a place inside or outside the European Union. The

debate is only just beginning. Chris Mason, BBC News, at Westminster.

So by how much has David Cameron achieved what he wanted in this deal

and what's the reaction of other EU countries?

From Brussels, Ben Wright sent this report.

He promised a lot, but did the deal deliver?

A number of the Prime Minister's aims met tough opposition,

Under the deal, the government will be able to limit the in-work

benefits paid to every new worker from the EU for four years.

That restriction could be applied by the government for seven years.

And if an EU worker's child lives elsewhere in Europe,

the child benefit will be paid at a rate pegged to the cost

As the rest of the EU pulls closer together,

the UK will have a different status and will be exempted from a core

principle of the EU, what is called ever closer union.

We have different views on the further development of the European

Union. This ever closer union is not the goal that Britain pursues. That

is an area where I see things differently, for example, but we

have shown this flexibility because it was one of the core issues for

Britain. And because the UK has the pound,

there are guarantees Britain will not be discriminated

against by countries with the euro. On benefit restrictions,

and city regulation in particular, The interests and concerns

of other countries colliding Europe's leaders hope they have sent

David Cameron home with a deal that will convince British voters

to remain in the European Union, but as the referendum

campaign gets going, and the bigger arguments begin,

the renegotiation hammered out Live now to our assistant political

editor, Norman Smith, A fascinating day. I bet you wish

you were in the Cabinet room listening in.

That Cabinet meeting is still going on, longer than expected, nearly two

hours as David Cameron invites individual Cabinet ministers to

spell out where they stand. We expect around half a dozen to say

they will oppose him in this referendum, including his close

friend, the Justice Secretary Michael Gove. Better news for him

from Theresa May, the Home Secretary, who confirmed she will

support him in the referendum, because she believes, on the grounds

of national security and tackling terrorism, it is better to remain in

the EU. No word from the well card of the referendum, Boris Johnson. He

is not expected to say anything until Mr Cameron speaks and sets out

his plans for bolstering parliamentary sovereignty. When

David Cameron comes out, weather permitting, expecting to make the

big arguments for remaining in the EU, national security, are standing

in the world, rather than the details of the deal he's so

painstakingly negotiated. Norman, thank you very much.

And just a reminder that you can find out everything you want to know

about the referendum and the all issues involved

A police officer has been injured outside a pub in Leeds.

There are reports it was a hit-and-run,

It's thought the pub, the Omnibus, was open for the final time last

The magician Paul Daniels has terminal cancer.

His publicist has released a statement confirming that he has

been diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour.

is 77 years old and is married to fellow entertainer Debbie McGee.

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