Cameron suffers 1st party rebellion since re-election
London
BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday suffered his first parliamentary rebellion since being re-elected last month as he tried to unite his party on Europe by making concessions on the timing and rules of a planned European Union (EU) membership referendum.
Mr Cameron, who has promised to try to renegotiate Britain's relationship with the EU before the referendum, promised he would not hold the vote on May 5 next year, a date that Eurosceptic lawmakers in his Conservative Party had objected to, his second U-turn in as many weeks to try to placate them.
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