:00:22. > :00:25.Any time now, David Cameron is set to announce the date
:00:26. > :00:29.of the referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union.
:00:30. > :00:32.A Cabinet meeting has been taking place today after a deal was finally
:00:33. > :00:35.reached in Brussels last night on changes to the UK's relationship
:00:36. > :00:41.The agreement included limiting some EU migrants' benefits
:00:42. > :00:42.and exempting Britain from further political integration.
:00:43. > :00:49.Here's our political correspondent, Chris Mason.
:00:50. > :00:55.Out of his front door and committed to getting out of the European
:00:56. > :01:00.Union. Justice Secretary Michael Gove on his way to the Cabinet this
:01:01. > :01:04.morning. I will be making a statement after the Cabinet today
:01:05. > :01:07.but thank you very much for asking. The Prime Minister said he was
:01:08. > :01:12.disappointed your decision, what has this done for your relationship?
:01:13. > :01:18.Shortly words, he and plenty of others arrived in Street. Plenty of
:01:19. > :01:23.questions for them, but no answers, at least yet. When this meeting is
:01:24. > :01:28.over, they will be free to properly spell out whether they want the UK
:01:29. > :01:34.to leave the EU and keep their jobs. Those who want us to stay in the EU
:01:35. > :01:38.are making the case already. The prime in has delivered a clear plan
:01:39. > :01:42.that gives Britain special status in the European Union, where we get the
:01:43. > :01:49.best of both worlds, so we are stronger, safer and better off in
:01:50. > :01:52.the EU, and the alternative is a leap in the dark. What has the prime
:01:53. > :01:57.ministers secured from his renegotiation in Brussels? If the UK
:01:58. > :02:04.stays in the EU, the deal means that EU worker's benefits can be limited
:02:05. > :02:08.for their first Ford years. The UK can be excused from a commitment
:02:09. > :02:13.which Brussels calls ever closer union, and countries which do not
:02:14. > :02:18.have the euro will have a safeguard mechanism to raise concerned about
:02:19. > :02:22.your zone issues. He has got to fight on the issues that really
:02:23. > :02:27.matter. What secures peace in Europe, what secures prosperity in
:02:28. > :02:31.Europe? That gear changes necessary to win a referendum campaign. It
:02:32. > :02:35.will be interesting to see whether the Prime Minister has it within to
:02:36. > :02:40.get off the Monisha and onto the issues that matter. We are grubbing
:02:41. > :02:45.around the edges, dealing with migrant benefits. At the same time,
:02:46. > :02:50.there are massive issues with migration and the Eurozone. I look
:02:51. > :02:57.at the European Union now, and the one word that clearly comes out to
:02:58. > :03:00.me as failure. It does not work. So, Westminster weights. This afternoon
:03:01. > :03:06.the Prime Minister will name the date, most likely in June, when we
:03:07. > :03:12.will get their say on a place inside or outside the European Union. The
:03:13. > :03:15.debate is only just beginning. Chris Mason, BBC News, at Westminster.
:03:16. > :03:18.So by how much has David Cameron achieved what he wanted in this deal
:03:19. > :03:20.and what's the reaction of other EU countries?
:03:21. > :03:22.From Brussels, Ben Wright sent this report.
:03:23. > :03:24.He promised a lot, but did the deal deliver?
:03:25. > :03:26.A number of the Prime Minister's aims met tough opposition,
:03:27. > :03:35.Under the deal, the government will be able to limit the in-work
:03:36. > :03:38.benefits paid to every new worker from the EU for four years.
:03:39. > :03:40.That restriction could be applied by the government for seven years.
:03:41. > :03:44.And if an EU worker's child lives elsewhere in Europe,
:03:45. > :03:47.the child benefit will be paid at a rate pegged to the cost
:03:48. > :03:53.As the rest of the EU pulls closer together,
:03:54. > :03:57.the UK will have a different status and will be exempted from a core
:03:58. > :04:04.principle of the EU, what is called ever closer union.
:04:05. > :04:10.We have different views on the further development of the European
:04:11. > :04:15.Union. This ever closer union is not the goal that Britain pursues. That
:04:16. > :04:19.is an area where I see things differently, for example, but we
:04:20. > :04:20.have shown this flexibility because it was one of the core issues for
:04:21. > :04:21.Britain. And because the UK has the pound,
:04:22. > :04:24.there are guarantees Britain will not be discriminated
:04:25. > :04:27.against by countries with the euro. On benefit restrictions,
:04:28. > :04:29.and city regulation in particular, The interests and concerns
:04:30. > :04:33.of other countries colliding Europe's leaders hope they have sent
:04:34. > :04:41.David Cameron home with a deal that will convince British voters
:04:42. > :04:43.to remain in the European Union, but as the referendum
:04:44. > :04:49.campaign gets going, and the bigger arguments begin,
:04:50. > :04:51.the renegotiation hammered out Live now to our assistant political
:04:52. > :05:07.editor, Norman Smith, A fascinating day. I bet you wish
:05:08. > :05:11.you were in the Cabinet room listening in.
:05:12. > :05:15.That Cabinet meeting is still going on, longer than expected, nearly two
:05:16. > :05:19.hours as David Cameron invites individual Cabinet ministers to
:05:20. > :05:23.spell out where they stand. We expect around half a dozen to say
:05:24. > :05:27.they will oppose him in this referendum, including his close
:05:28. > :05:33.friend, the Justice Secretary Michael Gove. Better news for him
:05:34. > :05:37.from Theresa May, the Home Secretary, who confirmed she will
:05:38. > :05:41.support him in the referendum, because she believes, on the grounds
:05:42. > :05:46.of national security and tackling terrorism, it is better to remain in
:05:47. > :05:51.the EU. No word from the well card of the referendum, Boris Johnson. He
:05:52. > :05:56.is not expected to say anything until Mr Cameron speaks and sets out
:05:57. > :05:59.his plans for bolstering parliamentary sovereignty. When
:06:00. > :06:04.David Cameron comes out, weather permitting, expecting to make the
:06:05. > :06:08.big arguments for remaining in the EU, national security, are standing
:06:09. > :06:12.in the world, rather than the details of the deal he's so
:06:13. > :06:15.painstakingly negotiated. Norman, thank you very much.
:06:16. > :06:18.And just a reminder that you can find out everything you want to know
:06:19. > :06:20.about the referendum and the all issues involved
:06:21. > :06:29.A police officer has been injured outside a pub in Leeds.
:06:30. > :06:30.There are reports it was a hit-and-run,
:06:31. > :06:35.It's thought the pub, the Omnibus, was open for the final time last
:06:36. > :06:41.The magician Paul Daniels has terminal cancer.
:06:42. > :06:43.His publicist has released a statement confirming that he has
:06:44. > :06:48.been diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour.
:06:49. > :06:52.is 77 years old and is married to fellow entertainer Debbie McGee.
:06:53. > :06:58.The next news on BBC One is at the earlier than usual time