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UK Labour to Back Holding Brexit Referendum by 2017 – Party Leader

© AFP 2023 / OLI SCARFFHarriet Harman, the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, introduces Ed Miliband, the Party leader, as he launches his party's general election manifesto in the Old Granada Studios in Manchester, northwest England on April 13, 2015
Harriet Harman, the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, introduces Ed Miliband, the Party leader, as he launches his party's general election manifesto in the Old Granada Studios in Manchester, northwest England on April 13, 2015 - Sputnik International
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The Labour Party will support the EU referendum bill when it comes before the House of Commons, according to the party's acting leader Harriet Harman.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The Labour Party will drop its opposition to an EU referendum, set to be held in the United Kingdom by the end of 2017, the party's acting leader Harriet Harman said Sunday.

The Labour previously rejected the idea of holding a popular vote on the country's membership in the European Union in the run-up to the May 7 UK general election, which saw the Conservatives claim a majority in the parliament.

"The British people want to have a say on the UK's membership of the European Union. Labour will therefore now support the EU referendum bill when it comes before the House of Commons," Harman was quoted as saying by the Sunday Times.

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Following the general election, UK Prime Minister David Cameron reiterated the Conservatives' commitment to hold a referendum on the so-called Brexit, a move which both the Labour and the Liberal Democrats initially opposed.

Earlier this month, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Cameron said that the United Kingdom could hold an EU referendum before 2017.

The United Kingdom has been part of the European Union since joining the bloc in 1973, but has refused, alongside eight other countries, to replace its national currency, the pound, with euro.

Currently, the European Union comprises 28 member states.

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