"This is not the facts, it is a misleading government propaganda campaign," said Vote Leave chairwoman Gisela Stuart.
UK's Cameron urges young Britons to vote against Brexit(Reuters)
British Prime Minister David Cameron will urge young Britons on Thursday to make sure they vote in a June 23 referendum on membership of the European Union, warning that leaving the bloc would hit them the hardest.
With
public opinion evenly split, youth voters are expected to play an
important role in the referendum outcome because polling shows they are
generally more pro-European, but less inclined to vote.
Cameron,
who wants Britain to stay in the 28-country bloc, will speak at the
launch of a campaign targeted specifically at young voters.
"Get
out there. Register. Vote. Tell your parents, grandparents, friends and
colleagues: this referendum will really help determine whether your
generation is stronger, safer and better off," he will say according to extracts of his speech.
Cameron
will argue that young people's job prospects would be
disproportionately affected by the economic impact of an EU exit: "Who gets hit hardest by those shocks? Young people," he will say.
Rival
"Out" campaigners dismissed that claim, saying that money sent to
Brussels under Britain's membership terms was adding to the national
debt that would have to be paid off by young workers.
Eurosceptics
were also angered by the government's decision to spend 9.3 million
pounds ($13.09 million) on 6-page leaflet setting out "why it believes that remaining in the EU is the best decision for the UK."
"This is not the facts, it is a misleading government propaganda campaign," said Vote Leave chairwoman Gisela Stuart.
"The
public want an honest debate conducted by two competing sides, not an
attempt by the prime minister to buy the referendum result with the
public's money."
The leaflet will be sent to
every household in the country and promoted online to meet voter demand
for more information on how to cast their ballot, the government said.
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