Now PM fights for UK to stay in EU

Campaigning ahead of an in/out referendum is set to start in earnest today, following a cabinet meeting in which Mr Cameron will recommend that the government formally accepts the deal.
He will then announce the date of the referendum, which is expected to be on June 23.
After 30 hours of negotiation, European leaders finally sealed a deal yesterday on Mr Cameron's reforms. The Prime Minister will now lead the campaign to remain in the EU.
Opinion polls suggest the referendum will be tight. Mr Cameron has already publicly accepted that several high-ranking cabinet ministers, including justice secretary and close ally Michael Gove, will campaign against him.
Shortly after the agreement in Brussels, Mr Cameron tweeted:

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I have negotiated a deal to give the UK special status in the EU. I will be recommending it to Cabinet tomorrow. Press conference shortly.

Mr Cameron told reporters at the news conference: “I believe we are stronger, safer and better off inside a reformed European Union. And that is why I will be campaigning with all my heart and soul to persuade the British people to remain in the reformed European union that we have secured today.”

But the deal came only after France, Belgium and eastern European countries voiced serious concerns over planned changes to issues including regulation for non-eurozone countries and benefit payments to people moving from one EU state to another.
EU Council president Donald Tusk tweeted:

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Deal. Unanimous support for new settlement for #UKinEU

And European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said: “So now the deal is done and it’s up to the British people to decide."
The legally binding deal grants Britain an explicit exemption from the founding goal of “ever closer union”, offers concessions on the welfare rights of migrant workers and safeguards for the City of London financial centre.
Mr Cameron also secures the right for the UK to curb in-work benefits for workers from other EU member states for up to four years and scale back child benefit for workers whose children remain abroad.
The entire deal, however, will be declared null and void if Britons vote to leave the EU. Mr Cameron said a ‘leave’ vote would also mean there would be no future renegotiations. “The idea that a vote to leave the European Union would lead to a whole new renegotiation is for the birds,” he said.