Brexit referendum in balance as campaign enters final day

Polls suggest the referendum could go in either direction

Last night's BBC debate on UK membership of the EU at Wembley Arena Pic: Getty

TheUK’s membership of the European Union hung in the balance as politicians went into the final day of campaigning ahead of Thursday’s referendum.

With different polls putting each side ahead, the BBC screened a debate on Tuesday evening from Wembley Arena in London, where an audience of 6,000 cheered and jeered as advocates of leaving and remaining in the 28-nation bloc confronted each other. The fieriest arguments were within the governing Conservative Party. ...