EU referendum: David Cameron tells voters “Britain does not succeed when we quit”

David Cameron has warned the UK would face “a decade of uncertainty” if it left the EU in the upcoming referendum, telling voters, “Britain does not succeed when we quit.”

Appearing on Sky News, Cameron said immigration could be controlled from within the EU, arguing that a vote to leave would amount to “economic self harm”.

He said: “Let’s be frank about this thing we are a member of. This thing, the single market, enables us to drive trade deals that are good for British business. Leaving the single market would be an act of economic self-harm for Britain.”

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Questioned over missed immigration targets, the Prime Minister rejected claims it would be impossible to keep immigration numbers under 100,000 from within the EU.

He said “We have got to find the right way of dealing with the movement of people, not the wrong way”.

He said: “I’m the Prime Minister who sits around the table with 27 other heads of government and state and sometimes this organisation drives me crazy.”

“But do I sit there and think Britain would be better off if we left, are we quitters, do we think we quit the European Union, we quit the single market and that somehow we would be better off? Absolutely not.”

The PM also faced questions over claims leaving the EU would lead to increased conflict, with Faisal Islam asking, “What comes first? World War III or the global Brexit recession?”

Cameron said: “To me, this is not about scaring anybody, I am genuinely worried about what would happen if we leave”.