The UK will vote on whether to remain in the EU on Thursday 23 June, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.
The prime minister made his historic announcement in Downing Street after briefing the cabinet.
He said he would be campaigning to remain in a reformed EU - and described the vote as one of the biggest decisions "in our lifetimes".
Ministers immediately divided up into the leave and remain camps as the campaigns got under way in earnest.
Follow rolling reaction to the Brussels deal as UK cabinet meets
The UK's EU vote: All you need to know
Remain v Leave: Where Conservative ministers and MPs stand
Home Secretary Theresa May heads the list of those who announced they will campaign to stay - but Justice Secretary Michael Gove has signed up to the leave campaign.
London Mayor Boris Johnson, who was not at the cabinet meeting, has yet to declare where he stands.
So he thinks he's done enough to make money for his mates if the UK stays then eh? Not that any of the
who will be voting to leave understand what they're voting for, but that doesn't matter as long as those that stand to make money from leaving make the money and those that lose their jobs as a result, hey it doesn't matter.
In the meantime while he's been deflecting attention away on that subject, the following seem to have not made headline news..... wonder why. It's as if the bad news was planned to be put out in a week when Dave was busy trying to make headlines.
A leading child health specialist has questioned whether England's NHS 111 helpline is safe and effective for young children.
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health president Prof Neena Modi said the system was unfair on call handlers, who are not medically trained.
Nearly every hospital in England is now in deficit as financial problems in the NHS threaten to spiral out of control.
Of the 138 hospital trusts, just seven are still in surplus according to the 2015-16 third quarter accounts, which cover April to December.
The figures also showed a total NHS trust overspend of ?2.26bn once ambulance, mental health and community services were taken into account.
Experts said performance was deteriorating at an "alarming rate".
More than 1,000 NHS patients in England in the past four years have suffered from medical mistakes so serious they should never happen, according to analysis by the Press Association.
The so-called never events included the case of a man who had a whole testicle removed rather than just a cyst.
In another, a woman's fallopian tubes were taken out instead of her appendix.
Research into "drunken mob violence" in the "shires" was ordered by the Thatcher government, previously unseen Cabinet Office files have revealed.
Home Secretary Douglas Hurd told police to investigate the problem of the "rural rioter", noting similarities with the "football hooligan".
In a memorandum from June 1988, Mr Hurd said police saw violent offences in rural areas as an "increasing burden".
The files were released by the National Archives at Kew, west London,
A probe has been launched into claims about the Conservative Party's spending during the general election in the UKIP-contested seat of Thanet South, the Electoral Commission has said.
The claims - made by Channel 4 - allege that some bills were wrongly declared in the party's spending returns.
The commission said it would look at bills for two hotels in the Kent constituency.
A Conservative spokesman said spending was all legal and "correctly recorded".
During last year's election UKIP's Nigel Farage lost out in the race for South Thanet seat to the Conservative Party's Craig Mackinlay.
The Chancellor faces a challenge in meeting borrowing forecasts despite a bumper surplus in January, experts say.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the January public finances surplus, excluding banks, rose by ?1bn to ?11.2bn.
That was the largest surplus for any January since 2008, but below the ?12.6bn forecast by economists.
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) said "considerable uncertainty" remained for the rest of the year.
Millions of people in England and Wales face a large rise in fees payable after death, to raise an extra ?250m for the courts service.
The Ministry of Justice wants an increase in probate fees to as much as ?20,000 for those with the biggest estates.
At the moment such fees are fixed at either ?155 or ?215.
The proposed increase has been criticised as "astronomical" by a partner of a London law firm.
Grant of probate gives executors the right to distribute the proceeds of someone's will.
The prime minister made his historic announcement in Downing Street after briefing the cabinet.
He said he would be campaigning to remain in a reformed EU - and described the vote as one of the biggest decisions "in our lifetimes".
Ministers immediately divided up into the leave and remain camps as the campaigns got under way in earnest.
Follow rolling reaction to the Brussels deal as UK cabinet meets
The UK's EU vote: All you need to know
Remain v Leave: Where Conservative ministers and MPs stand
Home Secretary Theresa May heads the list of those who announced they will campaign to stay - but Justice Secretary Michael Gove has signed up to the leave campaign.
London Mayor Boris Johnson, who was not at the cabinet meeting, has yet to declare where he stands.
So he thinks he's done enough to make money for his mates if the UK stays then eh? Not that any of the
who will be voting to leave understand what they're voting for, but that doesn't matter as long as those that stand to make money from leaving make the money and those that lose their jobs as a result, hey it doesn't matter.In the meantime while he's been deflecting attention away on that subject, the following seem to have not made headline news..... wonder why. It's as if the bad news was planned to be put out in a week when Dave was busy trying to make headlines.
A leading child health specialist has questioned whether England's NHS 111 helpline is safe and effective for young children.
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health president Prof Neena Modi said the system was unfair on call handlers, who are not medically trained.
Nearly every hospital in England is now in deficit as financial problems in the NHS threaten to spiral out of control.
Of the 138 hospital trusts, just seven are still in surplus according to the 2015-16 third quarter accounts, which cover April to December.
The figures also showed a total NHS trust overspend of ?2.26bn once ambulance, mental health and community services were taken into account.
Experts said performance was deteriorating at an "alarming rate".
More than 1,000 NHS patients in England in the past four years have suffered from medical mistakes so serious they should never happen, according to analysis by the Press Association.
The so-called never events included the case of a man who had a whole testicle removed rather than just a cyst.
In another, a woman's fallopian tubes were taken out instead of her appendix.
Research into "drunken mob violence" in the "shires" was ordered by the Thatcher government, previously unseen Cabinet Office files have revealed.
Home Secretary Douglas Hurd told police to investigate the problem of the "rural rioter", noting similarities with the "football hooligan".
In a memorandum from June 1988, Mr Hurd said police saw violent offences in rural areas as an "increasing burden".
The files were released by the National Archives at Kew, west London,
A probe has been launched into claims about the Conservative Party's spending during the general election in the UKIP-contested seat of Thanet South, the Electoral Commission has said.
The claims - made by Channel 4 - allege that some bills were wrongly declared in the party's spending returns.
The commission said it would look at bills for two hotels in the Kent constituency.
A Conservative spokesman said spending was all legal and "correctly recorded".
During last year's election UKIP's Nigel Farage lost out in the race for South Thanet seat to the Conservative Party's Craig Mackinlay.
The Chancellor faces a challenge in meeting borrowing forecasts despite a bumper surplus in January, experts say.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the January public finances surplus, excluding banks, rose by ?1bn to ?11.2bn.
That was the largest surplus for any January since 2008, but below the ?12.6bn forecast by economists.
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) said "considerable uncertainty" remained for the rest of the year.
Millions of people in England and Wales face a large rise in fees payable after death, to raise an extra ?250m for the courts service.
The Ministry of Justice wants an increase in probate fees to as much as ?20,000 for those with the biggest estates.
At the moment such fees are fixed at either ?155 or ?215.
The proposed increase has been criticised as "astronomical" by a partner of a London law firm.
Grant of probate gives executors the right to distribute the proceeds of someone's will.
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