A new Daily Mail poll shows a huge surge in support for Britain to stay in the EU.

More Britons now support the country's membership than those who want to leave.

Fifty-four percent of respondents in the poll - carried out by polling firm ComRes for the Daily Mail - said they would vote to remain in the EU if a referendum was held now.

Thirty-six per cent said they would vote to leave while ten per cent were undecided, a smaller share than in previous polls.

A new Daily Mail poll shows a huge surge in support for Britain to stay in the EU. David Cameron pictured with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in Brussels, Belgium, yesterday

Other recent opinion polls have shown a narrower gap and some have suggested that more people favour leaving the EU than remaining in the bloc.

The Prime Minister is thought to be targeting June 23 as the date for the vote if he can secure a deal at the February 19 EU summit.

The date is the only available Thursday in June that is not set to be dominated by the Euro 2016 football championships and it is almost as soon as Mr Cameron would be legally allowed to have the referendum once he has a deal.

England, Wales and Northern Ireland have all qualified for the tournament and holding it on matchday would damage turnout.

A report earlier this week suggested Britain could slash net migration by more than 110,000 a year if it leaves the EU.

Immigration is consistently found to be a top concern of voters when it comes to deciding the EU vote after a decade in which the population has swelled dramatically due to migration from eastern Europe.

This is what the EU referendum ballot paper will look like with two simple choices. The referendum is likely to go ahead on June 23

Yet in his referendum negotiations - currently taking place - the Prime Minister is seeking only a limit to the benefits EU workers can claim. To the anger of Eurosceptic Tory MPs, he is not asking for restrictions on free movement.

Tony Blair also warned this week that Britain quitting the EU would also end in Scotland leaving the United Kingdom.

The former Labour prime minister admitted he is 'very worried' about the result and consequences of the upcoming results.

Britain's future membership will be determined by tens of millions of voters filling in one box with a simple black cross.

They will be asked 'Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union'.

Voters will choose between answers reading 'Remain a member of the European Union' or 'Leave the European Union'.

The wording of the question was a subject of hot debate and the Government was forced to amend it while the legislation for the referendum was going through Parliament.