Brexit vote in the balance as polls differ over which side leads

London

BRITAIN'S referendum on European Union membership remained too close to call two days before the vote, with separate polls showing leads for both sides and billionaire investor George Soros warning of a slump in the pound should voters back Brexit.

A YouGov poll of 1,652 voters for The Times newspaper published late on Monday showed "Leave" at 44 per cent and 42 per cent for "Remain", while a survey of 800 people by ORB for the Daily Telegraph had "Remain" at 53 per cent and "Leave" at 46 per cent among those certain to vote.

The pound surged the most since 2008 on Monday as investors bet that the referendum was swinging in favour of "Remain". Still, Mr Soros, who made US$1 billion betti…