EU referendum: David Cameron to address MPs on deal

David Cameron will face MPs later as he presents his case for the UK remaining within a reformed European Union. The prime minister will outline details of last week's deal with EU leaders, which paved the way for him to call a referendum on EU membership on 23 June.
He says the deal strengthens British sovereignty and the UK will be "safer and stronger" remaining in the EU.
But London mayor Boris Johnson says he will campaign to leave - arguing it is a chance "to vote for real change".
His intervention is being seen as a significant blow to Mr Cameron's campaign to remain in the EU.
Mr Johnson, who is also Conservative MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, said the referendum was a "once-in-a-lifetime chance" for voters.
In a 2,000-word column for the Daily Telegraph, Mr Johnson said staying inside the union would lead to "an erosion of democracy". 'Be brave'

"There is only one way to get the change we need - and that is to vote to go; because all EU history shows that they only really listen to a population when it says no," he wrote.
He added: "This is a moment to be brave, to reach out - not to hug the skirts of Nurse in Brussels, and refer all decisions to someone else.
"This is the only opportunity we will ever have to show that we care about self-rule.
"A vote to remain will be taken in Brussels as a green light for more federalism, and for the erosion of democracy." Cameron to face MPs on EU referendum
Several other senior Tories - including Justice Secretary Michael Gove - have already said they will join the Out campaign.

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Defence Secretary Michael Fallon rejected an earlier suggestion made by Mr Gove that the EU was a "constraint on ministers' ability to do the things they were elected to do".
One example of the EU's power, Mr Fallon said, was Russia's invasion of the Crimea, when "the only organisation that could deal with that... was the European Union, which we were able to lead into applying sanctions".
He told BBC Breakfast the EU was "very frustrating" at times, but added: "Europe would still be there even if Britain chose in June to leave. We'd still have all those frustrations and we wouldn't be at the table at all."

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