Mr Cameron said that the referendum represented “one of the biggest decisions this country will face in our lifetimes”.
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The UK will hold a referendum on membership of the European Union on Thursday 23rd of June this year.
But five Cabinet ministers immediately headed over to the Vote Leave campaign headquarters.
“We will be campaigning to keep Britain in Europe in the coming referendum, regardless of David Cameron’s tinkering, because it brings investment, jobs and protection for British workers and consumers”, Corbyn told Bloomberg Saturday.
A No 10 spokesman said the discussion had been conducted in “a good spirit and a dignified manner” with “measured, thought through interventions” from ministers reflecting the way they had each carefully weighed up the choice they were facing.
Britain’s exit would end the vision of the EU as the natural home for European democracies and reverse the continent’s post-World War Two march toward “ever closer union”.
Speaking outside Downing Street, British Prime Minister David Cameron says his Cabinet recommends that Britain votes to stay in the European Union. “All they’re offering is a risk at a time of uncertainty – a leap in the dark”.
The EU 28 finally reached an agreement on Britain’s demands, after an nearly 36 hour long debate, during a marathon European Council, in Brussels.
Ahead of the vote, Cameron was seeking to revise the terms of his country’s membership of the bloc centering on four key issues – shifting power away from European Union authorities back to the United Kingdom national legislature, exempting Britain from the European Union “superstate” principle, denouncing the euro as the single official European Union currency, and protecting the British economy by keeping eurozone members away from non-eurozone countries’ affairs.
Other ministers to declare they will campaign to remain, following Mr Cameron’s statement, were Business Secretary Sajid Javid – previously seen as a potential outer – International Development Secretary Justine Greening and Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin.
After the cabinet meeting, attention will turn to the stance of ministers, given a free hand by Cameron to campaign against the government’s position.
Commons leader Chris Grayling, Culture Secretary John Whittingdale, Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith, Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers and employment minster Priti Patel, who is not a full cabinet member but attends meetings, have all joined the leave campaign.
Alan Johnson, chair of Labour In for Britain, said the party would be “united in making the case that Britain is better off in Europe”.
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“We all need to step back and consider carefully what is best for Britain, what is best for our future”.
