Livingston - Referendum on EU membership

The United Kingdom Independence Party has announced it will target the Livingston seat, previously held by the late Robin Cook, as the starting point for its national campaign to win a referendum on Britain's continuing membership of the European Union.

UKIP leader Roger Knapman said Tony Blair had twice promised the British people a referendum on this issue but had gone back on that promise.

He said: "People in Livingston will be given petition forms and access to a national website as a move to win the two million signatures that we need to force Mr Blair to make good his promise."