GETTY There is huge support for a Brexit amongst working people

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The latest survey on Britain's relationship with Europe revealed 47% of low-income households want to sever ties with Brussels, compared to just 34% who want to stay in. The result will provide a huge filip to Eurosceptics, coming just days after another poll revealed that the leave campaign has opened up an astonishing 6% lead over its rivals.

It will also provide a huge headache for Labour, which now looks set to campaign on behalf of Brussels even though such a stance is overwhelmingly against the wishes of its voters. The survey, carried out by the respected Edelman Trust, revealed a cavernous gap in support for the EU between the haves and the have-nots.

GETTY David Cameron is trying to persuade Britons to vote to stay in the bloc

GETTY Working families are fed up of interfering Brussels bureaucrats

It showed that the lead for the out campaign amongst people who live in households with an income of under £15,000 a year has opened up to an astonishing 13%. The result represents how the poorest in society have grown fed up of Brussels' frequent meddling in their lives and the influx of cheap labour from Eastern Europe which has eroded job opportunities for Britons. According to the survey those asked identified "honest government communications, unemployment and immigration" as their main concerns, underlying their lack of trust in David Cameron to tell us the truth about Britain's relationship with the EU. In contrast the group labelled 'informed publics' - traditionally rich politicos and businessmen who carefully follow the diktats issued from the Belgian capital - express overwhelming support for staying in the 28-nation bloc.

GETTY Mr Cameron could call a vote as early as this summer

GETTY But David Miliband said leaving the EU will not help secure Britain's borders

Within this privileged group 61% will vote to maintain Britain's EU membership, compared to just 26% who want to leave. According to Edelman support for staying tied to Brussels has grown in the last two years, with the in campaign growing from 40% in 2014 to 48% this year. In the same period they say calls for a Brexit have withered, from a high of 46% to just 35% now. However, those results are in stark contrast to a series of other recent opinion polls which have documented a surge in support for calls to leave the EU. Ed Williams, Edelman UK CEO, said: “This situation keeps changing but one thing is for sure: it is 'game on' for the debate on whether the UK decides to leave the EU. "That’s because the issues that the majority of respondents told us matter most to them – including unemployment and regulation of immigration and the management of refugees and migrants crossing into Europe – are hitting the headlines in new ways every day.”

Brexit would move the customs post from Calais to Dover David Miliband

Reacting to the findings former Foreign Secretary David Miliband insisted it was a "myth" that Britain would regain control of its borders if it left the EU. He said: "Brexit -- the UK leaving the European Union -- does not change geography, it does not shift reality, it does not change the mindset of the people who are fleeing from Syria, Afghanistan or from elsewhere. "In fact I would argue that Brexit would leave Britain more exposed, not less exposed, because it would reduce co-operation and it would make co-operation more difficult. Brexit would move the customs post from Calais to Dover, it would actually move it 26 miles across the Channel. "So the myth that, by withdrawing from the EU, Britain will somehow insulate itself from these global problems seems to me absolutely untrue."