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At last: We get vote on Europe as MPs are forced to decide on referendum before Christmas after anti-Brussels feelings swell

It will be the first time Parliament has held a major vote on seeking the public's view since the 1975 referendum confirming the decision to join the Common Market. If MPs vote in favour of a referendum, the result would not be binding on the Government. The historic vote will be held in the Commons before Christmas.

Four decades of dodging the big question on joining the European Union