Majority in UK want to leave EU: poll

More than half of Britons now want to leave the European Union, according to an opinion poll published in the Independent newspaper.

The ORB survey of 2000 people said 52 per cent of British voters wanted to leave while 48 per cent wanted to stay. In similar polls in June, July and September, a majority had wanted to stay in the EU.

Earlier this month, British Prime Minister David Cameron launched his attempt to reform the 28-member bloc ahead of a referendum on whether Britain should remain an EU member, a vote which he has promised will take place by the end of 2017.