EU referendum: Cameron facing MPs over reform deal
David Cameron is attempting to sell his EU reform package to MPs as Boris Johnson expresses doubts about whether it is a good deal for the UK.
The London Mayor - among the big hitters exit campaigners are hoping will join their side - said the PM was making "the best of a bad job".
He said he wanted to see the final deal before deciding "what it means".
But he said the UK should be able to block EU laws without relying on the support of other members states.
Mr Cameron is making a Commons statement about the package aimed at keeping the UK in the 28 nation bloc.
Downing Street says ministers have agreed not to challenge Mr Cameron until he has secured a final deal.
He is aiming to get agreement from all member states at a summit in Brussels in a fortnight, paving the way for a referendum on whether the UK should remain in the EU in June.
But the BBC understands several Eurosceptic ministers are discussing whether to break ranks before Mr Cameron announces the date of a referendum.
In a separate development, the first ministers in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have written to Mr Cameron calling on him not to hold the EU referendum in June.
In a joint letter Nicola Sturgeon, Carwyn Jones, Arlene Foster and Martin McGuinness warn that with elections in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in May, a referendum campaign running at the same time "risks confusing issues at a moment when clarity is required."
They also say it would make it "virtually impossible" for political parties in these areas to work together on the referendum campaign while their own elections are in progress. Alan Johnson, who is leading Labour's remain campaign, has said he will not oppose a June referendum.
Source: bbc.com
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