EU referendum: More Britons now want to leave the European Union than want to stay
Those campaigning for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union were given a boost this morning as a new poll revealed Brexit support gaining momentum
The OBR poll showed that for the first time in six months of asking the same questions a majority of the UK public now want to leave the EU.
Some 52 per cent of those surveyed want to leave the EU, compared to 48 per cent who want to stay.
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This represents a swing from October when 53 per cent of those asked said they wanted to remain in the EU, with 47 per cent suggesting they want to leave.
The OBR poll comes in the same month as a Survation poll found that there had been an increase in support for leaving the EU, to 53 per cent, against 47 per cent who want to remain.
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Prime Minister David Cameron is currently attempting to convince his European counterparts to accept his demands on treaty change, before holding an In/Out referendum before the end of 2017.
However, Lord Nigel Lawson, who is helping lead the Out campaign has previously suggested that Cameron doesn't have a "cat's chance in hell" of achieving treaty change, while many backbench Conservatives and other members campaigning to leave have said his demands are too weak.
Those campaigning to stay in the EU, meanwhile, have said that Cameron's treaty demands have been celebrated not just by the UK, but other countries in the EU as well.