Senior UK minister Philip Hammond hints at June for ‘Brexit’ vote

Foreign secretary Philip Hammond has become the most senior UK cabinet minister to indicate that Britain’s referendum on whether to stay in the EU or leave may be held in June.

“June is certainly a possible date for a referendum,” Mr Hammond told BBC Radio Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland programme this week.

“We’ve always said that once we’ve got a deal on the table that we are able to recommend to the British people, then we would want to get on with it and hold the referendum as soon as practical.”