Labour leadership frontrunner backs 2016 poll as Tories add to pressure on PM over in/out referendum
David Cameron came under new pressure over Europe on Saturday as the frontrunner for the Labour leadership, Andy Burnham, called on him to bring forward his planned in/out referendum to next year and demanded a far-reaching renegotiation to address public concern over immigration.
The move means that, if Burnham is chosen by his party to succeed Ed Miliband in September, Labour will not only perform a dramatic U-turn by throwing its backing behind an in/out vote, but will also join Tory Eurosceptics in demanding a tough new settlement for the British people as soon as possible.
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