EU Referendum: UK ministers can campaign for either side

January 06, 2016 01:11

Prime Minister David Cameron today allowed his ministers to campaign for or against Britain's membership of the European Union when it comes up for a referendum.

"It will be open to individual ministers to take a different, personal decision while remaining part of the government," the British Prime Minister told MPs in the House of Commons today. His government has pledged to hold a referendum on whether the UK stays in the EU before 2018.

A number of British Cabinet ministers are thought to favour an out vote, leading to a British exit dubbed "Brexit", with Cameron expected to campaign for Britain to remain in the EU.

If the prime minister had decided to insist on collective Cabinet responsibility, he would have been forced to sack ministers who disagreed with him.

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