With previous talk of the referendum to be held around June next year the UK appears to be split on EU membership
The latest YouGov poll of 2871 adults has found 41% would vote to leave with 38% electing to stay in with 17% undecided
But a separate poll by Survation of 1008 adults found the reverse to be true with 43% wanting to stay in and 40% voting to leave also with 17 undecided
So those undecided voters will be crucial as the countdown to referendum begins. Both polls were conducted last week and published today
PM Cameron wants to stay in but with renegotiated terms. A view also shared by the newly appointed left-wing Labour Party leader Corbyn although we've yet to really hear his full views on the matter
Earlier this month, the government said it would change the wording of the question, which some had argued favoured the 'in' camp, after a recommendation from Britain's elections watchdog.
When asked the modified question, the poll carried out on Sept. 11-13 by pollster ICM found 43% of the 2,006 adults surveyed backed Britain's continuing EU membership, while 40% would opt to leave.
Its previous poll, which asked people the old question a week earlier, found 45 percent wanted to stay in the bloc and 37% favoured leaving.
Under the government's initial proposal, voters were to be asked to say "yes" or "no" to the question "Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union?"
Some who want Britain to leave argued that was unfair because it would allow the campaign to stay in the European Union to brand itself as the more positive "yes" camp.
The question has now been changed to "Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?"
Reuters has more here
We'll continue to bring you the latest developments but it's not going to have major impact on the Pound just yet.
