David Cameron has been attacked by a cabinet minister who said his 'luxury lifestyle' meant he couldn't understand real people's EU fears over the effects of mass migration.

Employment minister Priti Patel said the Prime Minister and other top Remain campaigners who went to public schools were 'insulated' from how working people felt about immigration.

She doesn't name Mr Cameron or the Chancellor George Osborne but has made clear her targets in the broadside are the leaders of the Remain side.

The MP for Witham said only a vote to leave the European Union would lead to lowering immigration numbers.

Employment minister Priti Patel said the Prime Minister and other top Remain campaigners who went to public schools were 'insulated' from how working people felt about immigration levels

She doesn't name Mr Cameron or the Chancellor George Osborne but has made clear her targets in the broadside are the leaders of the Remain side

Speaking to The Telegraph she said: 'It's shameful that those leading the pro-EU campaign fail to care for those who do not have their advantages.

'Their narrow self-interest fails to pay due regard to the interests of the wider public.'

A Downing Street spokesman said Ms Patel was trying to take voters' attention from the economic consequences of leaving the EU.

Criticism from both the Remain and Leave side has become more personal in recent days with less than a month to go until the referendum on June 23.

This week migration has featured heavily in EU debates.

Net EU migration to the UK reached a record 184,000 during 2015 - against a government target of 'tens of thousands'.

A total of 333,000 more people arrived in the country than left, when also including migrants from outside the EU.

Many in the Leave side think migration is the key to winning the referendum as they look for an advantage to overcome consistent polling which places them behind Remain.

Mr Cameron told Muslim News the language used by the Leave side when describing foreigners was harmful to minority groups.

He said Muslims were offended by claims Turkish criminals and terrorists would come to the UK if the country voted to remain in the EU.

John Whittingdale, Theresa Villiers, Michael Gove, Chris Grayling, Iain Duncan Smith and Priti Patel attend the launch of the Vote Leave campaign at the group's headquarters in central London

Michael Gove warned that David Cameron's 'apocalyptic warnings' on Brexit will harm his credibility if they turn out to be false

Turkey as well as Albania are looking to join the EU which Leave campaigners say would increase migration to the UK.

'Many British Muslims will be offended by the way they are trying to frighten people,' he said.

'I think it's a sign of desperation.'

Ms Patel, who herself is the daughter of Indian Gujaratis, added: 'For many of those arguing for Remain, the day-to-day consequences of this loss of control are pretty much all gain and no pain: inexpensive domestic help, willing tradesmen and convenient, cheap travel.

'So when Remain campaigners talk about the economy, they don't think about working people's personal finances – the potential hit to their pay packets.'

According the The Telegraph, a Number 10 source said Ms Patel's attack was attempting to take the focus away from economists and experts who back the Remain side.

Tory warfare on Europe has seen new levels of personalised attacks as Brexit heavyweights turned on the Prime Minister with Justice Secretary Michael Gove warning David Cameron's credibility is now on the line.

Boris Johnson addresses members of the public in Parliament St, York during the Brexit Battle Bus tour

Prime Minister David Cameron delivers a speech campaigning to stay in the EU at Luton Airport

The onslaught included Boris Johnson insisting the PM is having a 'corrosive' impact on public trust in politicians.

Tory tensions exploded as Mr Gove told The Sun on Sunday the Prime Minister's 'apocalyptic warnings' on Brexit would test his credibility if they turned out to be false.

The Justice Secretary and Mr Johnson sent a sharply worded joint letter to Mr Cameron accusing him of failing in the renegotiation with Brussels, and urging him to tell the truth about what remaining in the EU would mean for border controls and the power of foreign judges over the UK.

'There is also the basic lack of democratic consent for what is taking place. Voters were promised repeatedly at elections that net migration could be cut to tens of thousands.

'This promise is plainly not achievable as long as the UK is a member of the EU and the failure to keep it is corrosive of public trust in politics,' the letter stated.

David Cameron feeding a lamb, as he and Boris Johnson will appear on the BBC's Countryfile programme

Boris Johnson pictured appearing on the BBC's Countryfile which will be aired on Sunday, May 29

In another dig at the Prime Minister, the Justice Secretary ridiculed Mr Cameron's insistence that Turkey was not set to join the EU, by saying: 'You're having us on.'

Mr Gove indicated this was the latest in a series of 'lies' regarding EU membership.

He told The Sun on Sunday: 'People are fed up with being told, don't worry, this thing isn't going to happen and then they wake up a year or two later and it has.

'They were told in 1975 when we joined the Common Market that it wasn't going to mean anything for our democracy and our Parliament and for all of us. That was a lie. Now we're being told don't worry, Turkey won't join.'

The Justice Secretary also hit back at claims the Leave campaign is fuelled by prejudice.

'When people fling the charge of racism, what they are actually doing is attacking working-class people for wanting to maintain a decent standard of living. I think that's wrong.'

Mr Cameron was cheered by a survey of more than 600 economists who agreed with him that Brexit would damage the UK economy.