:00:00. > :00:08.The choice is in your hands, but my recommendation is clear -
:00:09. > :00:10.I believe that Britain will be safer, stronger and better off
:00:11. > :00:21.So the debate has started and the date is set -
:00:22. > :00:24.British voters will decide on June the 23rd if they want to stay
:00:25. > :00:29.The announcement was made here in Downing Street,
:00:30. > :00:31.where the Prime Minister chaired a cabinet meeting and explained
:00:32. > :00:36.the new deal he'd negotiated in Brussels.
:00:37. > :00:39.But these senior ministers have decided not to side
:00:40. > :00:44.with the Prime Minister and will campaign to leave.
:00:45. > :00:47.I do not believe we can take decisions in our national interest
:00:48. > :00:50.when we're part of the EU when we've given up so much control over
:00:51. > :01:00.We'll be asking voters in Surrey for their thoughts
:01:01. > :01:02.on the referendum, now that the date has been confirmed.
:01:03. > :01:04.And we'll be reporting from Edinburgh, where
:01:05. > :01:07.the Scottish Government says it will be making a strong case
:01:08. > :01:33.for remaining inside the European Union.
:01:34. > :01:35.Good evening from Downing Street, where earlier today
:01:36. > :01:37.the Prime Minister emerged from Number 10
:01:38. > :01:40.to announce that a referendum will be held on the 23rd of June
:01:41. > :01:42.to decide whether or not Britain should remain a member
:01:43. > :01:48.It will be - in his words - one of the biggest
:01:49. > :01:53.Mr Cameron had informed the cabinet of the new terms of EU membership
:01:54. > :01:57.But several of Mr Cameron's cabinet colleagues -
:01:58. > :01:58.including the Justice Secretary Michael Gove -
:01:59. > :02:01.have announced today that they will campaign for Britain
:02:02. > :02:09.We'll have more on the detail of Mr Cameron's deal in a moment,
:02:10. > :02:11.but first our political editor Laura Kuenssberg reports
:02:12. > :02:18.Just what has the Prime Minister opened up?
:02:19. > :02:24.An argument that not all of his colleagues can agree on.
:02:25. > :02:27.What does this deal mean to your colleagues?
:02:28. > :02:30.As the Cabinet gathered to tell each other at last officially if they're
:02:31. > :02:35.Was that a difficult decision, Mr Gove?
:02:36. > :02:38.An awkward entrance for one of the Prime
:02:39. > :02:42.Minister's closest friends, who will oppose him.
:02:43. > :02:48.It is no secret how big a decision this is for us all,
:02:49. > :02:50.but what the Prime Minister would recommend was never really
:02:51. > :02:57.With the deal from Brussels in his back pocket, here it was.
:02:58. > :02:59.We are approaching one of the biggest
:03:00. > :03:03.decisions our country will face in our lifetime -
:03:04. > :03:08.whether to remain in a reformed European Union, or to leave.
:03:09. > :03:12.Our plan for Europe gives us the best of both worlds.
:03:13. > :03:16.It underlines our special status, through which families
:03:17. > :03:20.across Britain get all the benefits of being in the European Union,
:03:21. > :03:25.including more jobs, lower prices and greater security.
:03:26. > :03:29.But our special status also means we are out
:03:30. > :03:31.of those parts of Europe that do not work for us.
:03:32. > :03:34.And I will go to Parliament and propose that the
:03:35. > :03:36.British people decide our future in Europe through an in/out
:03:37. > :03:48.But my recommendation is clear - I believe that Britain
:03:49. > :03:56.will be safer, stronger and better off in a reformed European Union.
:03:57. > :03:59.Don't be in any doubt, this is one of biggest political
:04:00. > :04:03.He's finally confirmed, you will be asked the biggest
:04:04. > :04:05.political question in decades and he's putting
:04:06. > :04:10.at stake our membership of the European Union,
:04:11. > :04:12.the unity of his party and indeed his own political
:04:13. > :04:21.I think everyone thinks it is a good deal, the question
:04:22. > :04:24.is whether everybody thinks it is enough for us
:04:25. > :04:31.Those who oppose him slipped out the back door.
:04:32. > :04:40.Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming...
:04:41. > :04:42.A member of the Cabinet, I'm the Secretary for Work
:04:43. > :04:49.and Pensions and I'm ringing you from the Vote Leave campaign.
:04:50. > :04:51.Going straight to the headquarters of one
:04:52. > :05:07.The first Cabinet Minister to speak for out told me.
:05:08. > :05:10.There are things that we could and should be doing in the interests
:05:11. > :05:16.of this country that we simply cannot do as members of EU.
:05:17. > :05:18.I want to be able to control our borders,
:05:19. > :05:21.to limit the number of people who come and live and work here.
:05:22. > :05:25.I want to be able to do trade deals with parts of the world
:05:26. > :05:26.where exciting economic things are happening.
:05:27. > :05:29.But it's not just a disagreement between you and and the Prime
:05:30. > :05:32.Minister, it is a very different judgment on what he has
:05:33. > :05:35.He has brought back from Brussels some changes to our European
:05:36. > :05:37.relationships that can make a difference, but don't
:05:38. > :05:39.transform things in the way I would wish.
:05:40. > :05:41.And you're going to spend the next four months,
:05:42. > :05:44.day in day out, telling the Prime Minister he is wrong
:05:45. > :05:47.I'm not going to attack the Prime Minister.
:05:48. > :05:50.The Prime Minister has worked immensely
:05:51. > :05:51.hard to deliver change to our relationship
:05:52. > :05:56.The debate is whether that change is sufficient to enable us to stay
:05:57. > :06:03.The campaign to stay will have the backing of most Tory,
:06:04. > :06:06.Liberal Democrat, Labour and SNP MPs.
:06:07. > :06:15.We want to be in government in 2020 to deal a much strong stronger
:06:16. > :06:17.social Europe, greater workers' protection,
:06:18. > :06:18.greater environmental protection across Europe.
:06:19. > :06:20.That is the agenda that Cameron should have
:06:21. > :06:25.No 10 hopes a new and improved relationship with the EU can
:06:26. > :06:30.But the referendum will ask if this place,
:06:31. > :06:40.It's three years since the Prime Minister said he would be
:06:41. > :06:43.seeking a new settlement for Britain in the European Union.
:06:44. > :06:46.The new terms he secured in last night's agreement
:06:47. > :06:49.should, according to Mr Cameron, help to reduce people's concerns
:06:50. > :06:54.But how do those new terms compare with his original goals?
:06:55. > :06:58.Are they - as the critics say - a very poor result for the UK?
:06:59. > :06:59.Our deputy political editor James Landale has
:07:00. > :07:06.When David Cameron set out to reform Britain's relationship
:07:07. > :07:10.with the European Union, his ambition was clear.
:07:11. > :07:14.That is why we need fundamental, far-reaching change.
:07:15. > :07:22.Well, one aim was to deter EU migration by curbing their benefits.
:07:23. > :07:26.The Tory manifesto promised that if an EU migrant's child is living
:07:27. > :07:30.abroad, then they should receive no child benefit.
:07:31. > :07:33.The deal says that EU migrants will get child benefit,
:07:34. > :07:35.but only reflecting prices in their own country,
:07:36. > :07:42.A change that comes in immediately for new arrivals, in four years
:07:43. > :07:47.The manifesto also promised that EU migrants who want to claim tax
:07:48. > :07:49.credits must live here and contribute to our country
:07:50. > :07:55.The deal says instead that EU migrants will have their tax credits
:07:56. > :08:01.A restriction that the Government will be able to impose only
:08:02. > :08:06.The Prime Minister also promised to protect Britain from being sucked
:08:07. > :08:13.I'm asking European leaders for a clear, legally binding
:08:14. > :08:15.and irreversible agreement to end Britain's obligation to work
:08:16. > :08:21.So it's time to give these national parliament's a greater say
:08:22. > :08:30.Well, the deal says the UK will indeed not be committed
:08:31. > :08:32.to further political integration and it does give more power
:08:33. > :08:35.to national parliament's to block new EU laws,
:08:36. > :08:38.if more than half of them group together and force EU governments
:08:39. > :08:44.The Prime Minister promised to protect the economy
:08:45. > :08:50.from financial decisions made by eurozone countries.
:08:51. > :08:53.I'm asking European leaders to agree clear and binding principles that
:08:54. > :08:55.protect Britain and other non-euro countries and a safeguard mechanism
:08:56. > :09:01.to ensure that those principles are respected and enforced.
:09:02. > :09:05.The deal bans any discrimination against non-euro countries and gives
:09:06. > :09:08.the UK the right to challenge, but not veto eurozone decisions
:09:09. > :09:14.they oppose, a change that will be written into EU law in the future.
:09:15. > :09:20.So this deal doesn't reduce a deter against migration,
:09:21. > :09:22.safeguards from the eurozone and a check on further political
:09:23. > :09:25.integration, but it doesn't restrict the free movement of labour around
:09:26. > :09:30.Europe, it doesn't change EU employment law, it doesn't reform
:09:31. > :09:32.farm payments, all of which the Prime Minister has
:09:33. > :09:38.So this deal is, by definition, a compromise.
:09:39. > :09:43.The question now is whether it's good enough to convince voters
:09:44. > :09:46.to remain in the EU or so minimal it persuades them to vote to leave.
:09:47. > :09:52.James Landale, BBC News, Westminster.
:09:53. > :09:57.With me is Laura Kuenssberg, our political editor.
:09:58. > :10:03.Let's underline what we know and clearly what we don't know. One
:10:04. > :10:08.thing is now definitely happening. At the end of June we will have the
:10:09. > :10:14.chance to leave the European Union if that is what the country decide
:10:15. > :10:17.it wants. After four decades since that question was put that is a very
:10:18. > :10:21.significant political question for the country to settle about leaving
:10:22. > :10:28.an institution that has been a fundamental part of how we, our
:10:29. > :10:33.lives are governed for many years. Another extraordinary thing is we
:10:34. > :10:40.have No 10 presiding over a cabinet that is split. It is usually part of
:10:41. > :10:45.government to look unified. And that is not the case. One big thing
:10:46. > :10:50.unresolved is whether the gang of six we saw will become a gang of
:10:51. > :10:54.seven and whether they will be joined by Boris Johnson. This time
:10:55. > :11:00.tomorrow night, we will know whether or not Boris Johnson has decided to
:11:01. > :11:04.campaign to leave the EU. He will set out his arguments for that in
:11:05. > :11:07.his newspaper column on Monday. At this stage after the hovering and
:11:08. > :11:14.sitting on the fence the surprise would be if Boris Johnson backed
:11:15. > :11:18.David Cameron and argued for in. It is still not certain, but it look
:11:19. > :11:22.like he will put his weight behind the out campaign. That matters
:11:23. > :11:25.because he is a rare kind of politician who can cut through to
:11:26. > :11:30.the public for good or ill. Thank you.
:11:31. > :11:32.In Edinburgh, the Scottish Government
:11:33. > :11:34.says it will make the case for remaining in the European Union.
:11:35. > :11:36.The First Minister and leader of the SNP,
:11:37. > :11:38.Nicola Sturgeon, said it was now more important
:11:39. > :11:40.than ever that those who supported EU membership
:11:41. > :11:42.said so loudly and clearly, as our Scotland editor
:11:43. > :11:50.On a dreich Edinburgh afternoon, people still enjoy a few European
:11:51. > :11:59.But seriously, what happens in the EU
:12:00. > :12:00.referendum in June could have far-reaching consequences in
:12:01. > :12:09.This referendum is meant to end the debate about Britain's
:12:10. > :12:11.future in or out of the European Union, but it
:12:12. > :12:13.could raise all sorts of questions about the future
:12:14. > :12:17.If the UK were to vote to leave, while Scotland had
:12:18. > :12:20.clearly indicated voters wanted to remain, that could cause a second
:12:21. > :12:22.referendum on Scottish independence, one the Nationalists might be more
:12:23. > :12:28.The SNP insists Scotland should not be
:12:29. > :12:33.forced out of the EU if that is not what Scots vote for.
:12:34. > :12:36.I hope it doesn't happen, I hope the UK as a whole votes
:12:37. > :12:40.to stay in, but I think it's obvious to anybody that if Scotland found
:12:41. > :12:41.itself being taken out of the European Union
:12:42. > :12:43.against our will, people would want to think
:12:44. > :12:47.again about being independent, as a way to secure our membership.
:12:48. > :12:49.In a French cafe in Edinburgh, the argument about Britain's future
:12:50. > :12:53.in the EU is seen as part of wider ongoing debate about Scotland's
:12:54. > :13:00.Scotland is used to being part of a larger union and it knows
:13:01. > :13:04.England has not had that experience and it's scary to them.
:13:05. > :13:06.England has auz always been a dominant part
:13:07. > :13:15.It doesn't know how to be the smaller part of a bigger union.
:13:16. > :13:19.Scotland is a important nation throughout the world,
:13:20. > :13:23.it is a key exporter, it has led the world
:13:24. > :13:25.in research and development and what we are now part
:13:26. > :13:27.of is an ever-shrinking part of the global market.
:13:28. > :13:33.And I think even though we have had some
:13:34. > :13:37.success in Europe in the past, it is time to move on.
:13:38. > :13:39.It can be a pretty lonely job trying to persuade Scots
:13:40. > :13:41.to vote to leave and nearly all the senior politicians
:13:42. > :13:45.in Scotland will be campaigning to stay.
:13:46. > :13:49.Here in Scotland, we need a Scottish government to stand up
:13:50. > :13:54.against Brussels and fight for our steel
:13:55. > :13:56.workers and steel industry, our farming industry and our fishing
:13:57. > :14:00.industry and sadly they're not doing that.
:14:01. > :14:05.Those campaigning to stay in the EU have a much easier job in Scotland.
:14:06. > :14:08.Polls show Scots are more likely to opt to remain than voters
:14:09. > :14:13.So in the end, it could be Scottish votes
:14:14. > :14:39.The date was confirmed, June 23rd when British voters will decide
:14:40. > :14:44.whether the U. K stays in the European Union.
:14:45. > :14:47.Nick Higham has been talking to voters in Camberley in Surrey,
:14:48. > :14:49.where the local MP is Michael Gove, the Justice Secretary,
:14:50. > :14:59.The wind and rain kept many of the shoppers indoors,
:15:00. > :15:02.a chance to ask the stall holders what they think of Europe
:15:03. > :15:05.and which way they will vote in the referendum.
:15:06. > :15:11.Are you going to vote to stay in or go out.
:15:12. > :15:16.It is crippling our country, especially small
:15:17. > :15:21.We are being ruled by unelected people in Brussels
:15:22. > :15:29.We have lost a lot of our independence, but then we do,
:15:30. > :15:33.being part of Europe does work for us financially.
:15:34. > :15:35.Wouldn't you have to pay more for your imported
:15:36. > :15:43.People like the Greeks would probably charge us a lot
:15:44. > :15:48.This is Michael Gove's constituency, overwhelmingly
:15:49. > :15:57.Conservative, but just as the Cabinet is divided over
:15:58. > :15:59.Europe, so are Mr Gove's constituents.
:16:00. > :16:02.I would definitely be on his side, I just don't think the way things
:16:03. > :16:04.are in Europe, Europe's getting too big
:16:05. > :16:07.and I think we should be better off trading with the rest of the world
:16:08. > :16:11.As Europe's grown, it is getting too big.
:16:12. > :16:14.It is best for our security, it is best for our economic
:16:15. > :16:21.I think jobs will benefit from staying in Europe.
:16:22. > :16:23.Coming out of the rain as you discover that Camberley's
:16:24. > :16:25.main shopping centre is busy and bustling.
:16:26. > :16:28.You would expect that, this is a wealthy part of the world.
:16:29. > :16:31.The other thing you discover is that even though the local MP has come
:16:32. > :16:34.down firmly on one side of the argument, many people around
:16:35. > :16:35.here are still undecided about which way
:16:36. > :16:39.I'm going to listen to all the arguments actually.
:16:40. > :16:43.I thought I would be staying in, but I'm just going to listen
:16:44. > :16:46.to all the arguments before making a decision.
:16:47. > :17:02.I need to know about the benefits of being in or out.
:17:03. > :17:05.I haven't decided, I don't think I know enough at the moment
:17:06. > :17:08.Despite David Cameron's deal in Brussels, it seems
:17:09. > :17:15.And just a reminder that you can find detail,
:17:16. > :17:17.background and analysis about the referendum
:17:18. > :17:32.and the all issues involved on our website at bbc.co.uk/news.
:17:33. > :17:41.Laura, given we heard about the up decideds, it shows it is all to play
:17:42. > :17:49.for? Yes it is. During those months there will be a bewildering whirl of
:17:50. > :17:55.claim and counter claim. There will be a lot of political focus. How can
:17:56. > :17:59.each party handle it. How does the Government cope with being divided.
:18:00. > :18:08.What it is going to come down for a lot of people is an instinct. It is
:18:09. > :18:13.about our identity and for a lot of people it will be a feeling in their
:18:14. > :18:18.gut. We heard people are not sure about this yet. But no mistake, this
:18:19. > :18:21.is as a country, the biggest political decision we will have made
:18:22. > :18:26.for more than four decades. Thank you.
:18:27. > :18:29.Before we go, a reminder that David Cameron, Nigel Farage
:18:30. > :18:31.and Nicola Sturgeon will all be talking to Andrew Marr tomorrow
:18:32. > :18:33.morning at 9 o'clock here on BBC One.
:18:34. > :18:36.But for now, from all of the team in Downing Street,
:18:37. > :18:57.Good evening. The weather continues to keep us on our toes. Today it
:18:58. > :19:03.felt like spring in the west country with temperatures in the low teens.
:19:04. > :19:06.Contrast that with the winter scene in the Highlands where there has
:19:07. > :19:09.been a lot of snow. The snow will continue to pile up in northern
:19:10. > :19:11.Scotland tonight.