'Out' leads by 4 percentage points ahead of Britain's EU referendum: poll

A worker answers a telephone in the office of Brexit group pressure group ''Leave.eu'' in London, Britain February 12, 2016.

Reuters/Neil Hall


LONDON Support for Britain to leave the European Union stood at 43 percent, ahead of support to stay within the 28-member bloc, which stood at 39 percent, according to an online survey taken by pollster Opinium for the Observer newspaper.


The poll of 1,966 adults, who were interviewed ahead of a referendum to stay in the European Union on June 23, found that 18 percent of respondents were undecided.


(Reporting by Li-mei Hoang; Editing by Marguerita Choy)



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