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We speak to Conservative MP and leading Brexiteer, Sir Bernard Jenkin, and begin by asking him if Theresa May should now resign.
Vote Leave, which was the official Brexit campaign backed by Michael Gove and Boris Johnson, has been fined and referred to the police for breaking the law.
Gary Gibbon
Nigel Farage says “the Tory posh boys” sang his song on immigration in the latter stages of the referendum campaign and are now running away from the issue and talking of a “liberal Brexit”.
The Brexit campaign group Leave.EU has been fined £70,000 for breaching election law during the 2016 EU referendum. The Electoral Commission said the group failed to report “at least” £77,000 in its spending returns, taking it 10 per cent over the limit.
Last week whistleblower Christopher Wylie revealed to Channel 4 News how data was harvested from millions of Facebook accounts by his former employers Cambridge Analytica. Today he gave evidence to MPs in a lengthy four-hour session in which he claimed that the Brexit referendum result was cheated by pro-Leave groups and that the now-suspended boss…
Italians go to the polls tomorrow to vote on key political changes – in a referendum which could spark economic turmoil. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi says he’ll resign if he loses – and that’s sending jitters through financial markets. One former government economist has told this programme a no vote could bankrupt already fragile banks…
The Electoral Commission designates Vote Leave as the leading Brexit campaign group in the run-up to June’s referendum on EU membership, but it may face a legal challenge.
David Cameron spells out four “substantial” demands ahead of the European referendum, including restricting benefits for citizens of other EU countries living in the UK.
Alex Salmond says that it is ‘inevitable’ that Scotland will have another referendum, but what could actually spur another vote on the country’s future in the UK?
Siobhan Kennedy
Sajid Javid, the new Business Secretary appears to dismiss business concerns over a potential Brexit, saying the most important thing was to press ahead with a renegotiation and an in/out referendum.
Lord Dobbs says the principle behind the EU referendum bill is “extraordinarily simple”. “A people have a right to decide their own future,” he adds. Peers are debating the bill in the House of Lords.
The prime minister rejects the view that a renegotiation of Britains EU status would achieve nothing, and tells Matt Frei such a renegotiation should precede any referendum on Europe.
Michael Crick casts his mind back to 2008 when one Lib Dem MP was “kicked out” of the commons for demanding an EU referendum – how times change.
Gary Gibbon
Having lost out on a “devo max” option, Scottish nationalists may not fancy their chances of securing independence in a referendum based on a single question.
As David Cameron raises the prospect of a referendum on the EU, Channel 4 News looks at how Britain’s relationship with the continent may change.