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Anti-EU camp 'will fight for referendum'
Miliband refuses to promise an in-out vote

Anti-EU campaigners vowed to redouble their efforts yesterday after Ed Miliband rubbished calls for an in-out referendum under a future Labour government.

The Labour leader offered only a vague promise of a referendum in the event of a further "transfer of powers" from Britain to the EU.

But he also argued that it was "unlikely" that there would be any such power transfer during the five-year lifetime of the next Parliament.

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