The Electoral Commission confirmed to me that it is awaiting an official decision from the Government on when campaigns would have to fight for official designation. "We currently do not know when we will be able to run the process to appoint lead campaigners," a spokesman admitted. The Foreign Office, in turn, admitted that "no decision has been taken" on when campaigns would be made to fight to be designated the lead on each side. The elections watchdog has been advising ministers to follow the example of the Scottish independence referendum, with "Yes Scotland" and "Better Together" already designated as each side's representative before the official 16 week campaign began, in order to "allow lead campaigners a longer period of time from which to benefit from their lead campaigner status."