EU referendum: Foreigners barred from historic UK vote

‘More than 1million foreigners living in Britain will be banned from voting in the EU referendum, the Conservatives have announced, in a significant boost to Eurosceptic campaigners.

David Cameron believes that the British people must decide the future of the nation’s membership of the European Union in the first referendum for more than 40 years.

The EU referendum bill, which will be announced this week after the Queen’s Speech, will make clear that only British, Irish and Commonwealth citizens who are resident in the UK will be allowed to vote.’

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