"Out" campaign leads by 2% ahead of referendum

Support for Britain to leave the European Union stood at 49 percent, 2 percentage points ahead of the campaign for staying in the 28-member bloc, an ORB opinion poll for The Daily Telegraph suggested on Tuesday.

The poll of 823 people, interviewed by telephone between March 11 and March 14, found that 4 percent of respondents were undecided.

Britain holds a referendum on EU membership on June 23.

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