David Cameron was mauled last night over immigration by a Tory voter who accused him of betraying supporters by allowing parts of the country to descend into 'no go areas'.

The Prime Minister was repeatedly battered on the issue by a live studio audience as he insisted that cutting ties with Brussels was a 'bad way' to cut numbers entering the UK.

In a bruising ITV referendum debate where Mr Cameron was told his Brussels renegotiation had been a 'humiliation', he pleaded with people not to vote for the 'Little England of Nigel Farage'.

But father-of-three Harry Boparai, who apparently works for British Airways at Heathrow, told the Prime Minister he had allowed 'uncontrolled immigration', which had caused his family's quality of life to plummet.

He said: ‘I have no GP as they are all full in my area, I can’t get on the housing ladder and have three kids in one room.

'The place where I grew up was once a lovely area but it is now a no-go zone. How is the EU and uncontrolled immigration working for me, a 40-year-old Brit who has been working full time since the age of 16?’

Let down: Airport worker Harry Boparai said he could not get a GP, could not buy a house and had three children in one room because of 'uncontrolled' immigration

Plea: David Cameron tried to convince Mr Boparai, left in the audience, that staying in the EU was right for Britain - but the Tory voter said the PM had his 'roll of the dice' and it was the wrong one

Bruising: Mr Cameron was battered over his immigration while Nigel Farage, who also appeared on the show, was accused of legitimising racism

Mr Cameron responded: 'I would say really frankly that if we want to build houses, if we want to invest in our health service, if we want good schools for our children, we have got to strengthen and safeguard our economy.

'Coming out of the single market, which is what the Leave campaign want to do, that would damage our economy'.

But Mr Boparai, an airport worker, hit back and said: ‘Sorry Mr Cameron. I voted for you in the last election because one of the things on your manifesto was to get immigration down. You haven’t been able to do that because you’re not allowed to do that. That’s the bottom line.

'I’ve seen my standard of living and my family’s standard of living go down because of this influx that we cannot control. I’m sorry to say but your closing statement last week was "if we leave the EU, we’re rolling a dice with our children’s future". I think quite the opposite. By you telling us to stay in, you’ve rolled that dice already.’

In another dramatic night in the EU referendum battle:

Both David Cameron and Nigel Farage were savaged by audience members over immigration last night - but from both sides of the argument.

The Ukip leader was accused of legitimising racism by campaigning with tactics that amounted to 'scaremongering against non-white people'.

Mr Farage then infuriated the audience by demanding Tola Jaiyeola 'calm down there a little bit' and insisting he was no racist but in fact pro-Commonwealth.

In the second half of the debate, the Prime Minister was confronted about immigration but this time about how he would deal with the impact of high numbers of services and housing.

Harry Boparai told Mr Cameron he was a Tory voter but pleaded with the PM for help with getting access to a GP and getting on the housing ladder.

Mr Cameron was hit again on pressures in the NHS as an audience member told him he needed to provide the resources to help staff deliver the services needed.

Despite the two men never appearing together on the stage, Mr Cameron still hit the Ukip leader on the economy - slamming him for suggesting a smaller economy was a price worth paying for quitting the EU.

Ukip leader Nigel Farage was slammed by the group of voters for 'scaremongering against non-white people' and dire predictions about Cologne-style sex attacks in this country unless we leave the EU.

But taking to the stage afterwards, Mr Cameron was given an even rougher ride.

Official figures revealed last month that net migration is running at 333,000 a year - with 184,000 of that coming from the EU. Some 77,000 did not have jobs lined up when they arrived - and the audience hammered him for it.

David Cameron was told immigration was turning parts of the country into 'no-go areas' during the ITV referendum special

Argument: Nigel Farage used his speech to wave his passport and said it should be British - saying leaving the EU was the best way to keep the UK safe

Official immigration statistics out at the end of May revealed net migration to Britain was still running at near all time highs despite Government promises to cut numbers to the tens of thousands

David Cameron tried to batter Nigel Farage over the economy last night.

He said: 'He (Farage) kept on talking about "GDP isn't all that matters". GDP is the size of our economy. It is the combination of all the wealth our country creates.

'He is basically saying it doesn't really matter. He is so keen to get us out of Europe that he is prepared to sacrifice jobs and growth along the way. We mustn't do that.'

Mr Cameron said his renegotiation deal was the best way to cut numbers, and insisted that he had ended the culture of 'something for nothing' by ensuring EU migrants did not have full access to benefits for four years and had to leave the country if they did not find a job within six weeks.

Anthony Gould said the PM was ‘basically humiliated’ by the EU in his renegotiation when his plea to reduce free movement was rejected.

Mr Gould said he wanted to recruit skilled workers – but instead Britain was being flooded with low skill workers.

But the PM insisted: ‘Obviously control of immigration is an important issue and important challenge and one of the ways we try and control it from the rest of the world is we should do more to train our own people here to do the jobs the British economy is delivering.

‘If there is a shortage of a particular occupation we say to business OK, go and seek that overseas, but what I want to see is more apprenticeships, more people going to university, more young people trained to do the jobs our economy is creating.

‘That, probably, is the best way of reducing immigration and making sure there are jobs and livelihoods for our people.’

He added: 'I think there are good ways of controlling immigration and immigration and there are bad ways of controlling immigration.'

'A good way is saying people can come here... but they have to pay in before they can get out.

'And when it comes to immigration from outside the EU - which of course is more than half - we do put a limit on the numbers for economic reasons.'

Anthony Gould (pictured centre) said the PM was ‘basically humiliated’ by the EU in his renegotiation when his plea to reduce free movement was rejected. Mr Gould said he wanted to recruit skilled workers – but instead Britain was being flooded with low skilled workers

Shenai Dennis told the PM the NHS was under 'immense pressure'.

‘If we remain in the EU what plans do you have to deal with the pressures from migrants on the NHS and its workers?’ she asked.

Mr Cameron said: ‘If we stay in the EU and we keep our economy strong that’s the absolute key to providing a strong NHS. That’s why the head of the NHS, Simon Stevens, said it’s only with a strong economy you can keep putting money and resources into the NHS.

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‘On this issue of migration I absolutely agree it is a challenge, but I don’t think it is a challenge we should meet by damaging our economy.

‘As we think about it we should think about the 50,000 EU nationals that work in our NHS.’

The audience member hit back: ‘We have enough skilled people in the NHS. If that was your main concern, you wouldn’t be taking away the funding for students to go and study nursing.

‘My issue is what plans are we going to have in place so people can get MRI scans when they need to, so I don’t have to let people down on a day-to-day basis – we are really under resourced.

‘As much as it is nice they can bring over doctors and nurses, what resources, what facilities can you put in place to ensure we can deal with this high demand.’

Mr Cameron said the Government was putting an extra £12billion into the NHS for meeting cancer waiting times and other priorities.

But he was told: ‘Me and my colleagues are doing our part. You need to do your part and give us the right resources.’

Mr Cameron pleaded with voters not to 'sacrifice' the economy in a bid to reduce the inflows, saying that if UK plc slumped into recession we could not build houses of fund public services.

The two men did not feature on screen together during the ITV show as the Prime Minister has refused to go head-to-head with anyone who supports cutting ties with Brussels.

But they did come face to face at the studios in Stratford, east London, before going on air.

Mr Farage unveiled a poster in Westminster earlier ahead of his TV date, but seemed to be feeling the pace of the campaign, yawning heavily - despite insisting that he has been cutting back on alcohol to keep his energy levels up.

Mr Cameron hinted at his approach in a tweet before the show, saying he would be urging the public not to take a 'leap in the dark' with Mr Farage.

The Prime Minister tried to stem the apparent surge in support for Brexit at a hastily arranged press conference this morning, pleading with the public not to believe 'con tricks'.

He listed six 'untruths', including that we could be liable for billions of pounds in bailouts for eurozone countries in the future and the UK would not be able to veto moves towards an EU army.

In a clear swipe at Justice Secretary Michael Gove, his long-standing friend, Mr Cameron insisted voters should listen to 'experts' warning about the economic consequences of leaving.

Mr Gove last week urged the public to listen to their hearts instead of warnings from international bodies like the IMF.

Mr Cameron stepped up his rhetoric following a torrid time for the Remain side during which they struggled to explain how they could get immigration under control while we are in the bloc.

But he was forced to deny being rattled by the prospect of losing the referendum after a series of polls showed momentum slipping away from the Remain side.

Mr Cameron said the consensus was that Brexit would cause 'instability, jobs and investment lost' and a 'decade of uncertainty'.

'That is the very clear message from today, and this is an economic reality check for our country,' the PM said.

'And it doesn't come for people with an axe to grind, but from credible independent experts.

'People who either have real skin in the game in terms of jobs and investment, or whose job it is to warn about risks to the world economy or global trade.

Ukip leader Nigel Farage was slammed for 'scaremongering against non-white people' as he was grilled by a live studio audience last night

Mr Cameron and Mr Farage did come face to face before the programme (pictured) but at no point did they share the stage during the 60-minute ITV debate

'That is who you have on this side of the debate.

'And what have we heard from those who want us to leave? Complacency and nonchalance.

'A casual wave of the hand. They say people have had enough of hearing from experts.

'Had enough of experts. Would you say that if you were building a bridge? Or if you were buying a house?

'Of course not. Why would you say it about one of the most important and complex decisions that this country will have to take in our lifetime?

'On the value of our currency they say the pound will go where it will. And because they don't have any credible experts on their side, what are they reduced to? Telling complete untruths to the British people.'

Asked whether he was worried the Remain side was losing, Mr Cameron said: 'Not at all. What I'm worried about, what I'm concerned about, is that people are being told things that aren't correct.'

But Mr Johnson and Mr Gove hit back in a joint statement: 'The real risk for Britain in this referendum is voting to remain in the EU with a broken single currency and a rogue European Court.

'The safer choice is voting to leave, so we can take back control of our money, borders, security, trade and taxes.

‘If we needed a reminder of just how risky it is to remain in the EU, the European Court has today issued extraordinary judgments that undermine our ability to deal effectively with asylum.

‘We think that the public deserve the chance to hear these issues debated face-to-face between the Prime Minister and a spokesman for Vote Leave so they can judge for themselves which is the safer choice on June 23.

'The Prime Minister was absolutely right to hold this vote and allow Ministers the chance to disagree with him. We hope that in the same spirit he will accept this invitation.'

'You're scaremongering against people who look non-white!' Nigel Farage tells a woman to 'calm down a little bit' as he's blasted by live studio audience in heated Brexit debate

Nigel Farage was repeatedly berated for his 'scaremongering' and attitude to 'non-white people' as he took to the stage in the TV showdown last night.

Tola Jaiyeola attacked the Ukip leader's remarks suggesting migrants could come here and commit sex attacks such as took place in Cologne at New Year.

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby told the Home Affairs Committee earlier today that the comments 'legitimised racism' and were 'inexcusable pandering to people's worries and prejudices'.

'I think that is an inexcusable pandering to people's worries and prejudices,' he said.

'That is giving legitimisation to racism which I've seen in parishes in which I've served, and has led to attacks on people in those parishes. We cannot legitimise that.

'What that is, is accentuating fear for political gain and that is absolutely inexcusable.'

Taking up the issue this evening, Ms Jaiyeola said: 'What I would like to know is how you can have the audacity to use such blatant scaremongering tactics for the leave campaign?

Mr Farage was attacked by audience member Imriel Morgan (pictured left) over his attitude to 'non-white people'. Another, Tola Jaiyeola (pictured right) asked Mr Farage why he wasn't embarrassed to be described as 'legitimising racism' by the Archbishop of Canterbury

Farage told Tola Jaiyeola to 'calm down a little bit' after she asked him how he could have the 'audacity' to raise the spectre of Cologne-style sex attacks could happen in Britain if the electorate votes to remain in the EU

'In light of the recent horrific sexual assaults in Germany, you have basically suggested a vote for remain is a vote for British women to be subjected to the same horrific assaults.'

Mr Farage said: 'Just calm down there a little bit. Sometimes in life, what it says at the top of a newspaper page and what you have actually said can be slightly different things.

'I am used to being demonised because I am taking on the establishment.'

Ms Jaiyeola retorted that the Ukip leader was 'demonising migrants', before he added: 'When I first suggested we have a Australian-style points system, you would think I had something dreadful and now I am pleased to say lots of people are saying it.'

But she broke in: 'I don't think that's what I asked.'

Mr Farage said: 'What I said about Cologne was that it's a huge issue in Germany, it's a huge issue in Sweden, I think Angela Merkel has made a big mistake by saying please, anyone come, and what has happened is a very large number of young, single males have settled in Germany and Sweden who come from cultures where attitudes toward women are different.

'I have not scaremongered in any way.'

Ms Jaiyeola asked if he was ‘embarrassed’ that Mr Welby accused him of legitimising racism.

Mr Farage said: ‘I’m not going to stand here and attack the Archbishop of Canterbury but I think he would have done better to have read actually what I said and not just what the headline was.

‘He would do well to see what the head of the Roman Catholic Church in Germany said because he has made some very robust comments indeed.’

Ms Jaiyeola said: ‘You’re targeting a certain group of people and using them as bate to prey upon British people’s rational fears about mass migration.’

Mr Farage said: ‘This is an issue for the future – it’s a tiddly little issue in as far as I’m concerned in this campaign. But I knew at some point in this campaign the Remainers would come for me and try and conflate something I had said out of all proportion.

'WE WON'T BE BULLIED': FARAGE SLAPS DOWN JEAN-CLAUDE JUNCKER NIgel Farage said the UK would not be 'bullied' by Jean-Claude Juncker after Brexit Nigel Farage last night insisted Britain would not be bullied by the 'charming' Jean-Claude Juncker if it backs Brexit. The Ukip leader rejected claims in a live TV debate that Britain would be punished for backing Brexit. The European Commission president was a crucial figure in David Cameron's renegotiation efforts and he will play a vital role in the referendum aftermath. But he is a controversial figure - not least because earlier this week video footage emerged which appeared to show him 'drunk' at an EU summit. In the clip, which has just surfaced online, Juncker can be seen repeatedly slapping EU leaders, hopping from foot to foot and dancing - leaving many to question whether he was under the influence of alcohol. He was also heard calling the Hungarian Prime Minister 'dictator' in front of those present at the EU-Eastern Partnership summit. Advertisement

‘I do believe in border controls, I do believe we need to have a sensible balanced migration policy, and I do believe Germany have made a bad mistake.’

Another audience member, Imriel Morgan, questioned whether Mr Farage was 'encouraging racism'.

‘I know a lot of people, I have access to a predominantly black British audience, and a lot of the concerns they have raised, along with concerns I have as well, is that you are going to increase the fear and discrimination of black British people through your anti-immigration rhetoric. Are you encouraging racism?’' she asked.

But Mr Farage replied: ‘I don’t think you can be more wrong and here is why.’

The audience member interrupted to say: ‘How are you going to safeguard that?’

The MEP went on: ‘I take a very strongly pro-commonwealth view. I think it is very bad and wring of us to turn our backs on the commonwealth in favour of a European project and we have made a bad mistake.

‘What we do is if you have a qualification and you come from India or parts of Africa, you now find it very, very difficult to get into this country.’

Ms Morgan shot back: ‘You’re still anti-immigration, you are scaremongering and inflammatory comments in your campaign that have gone against people that look non-white.’

When Mr Farage suggested she 'wanted to think that', Ms Morgan went on: ‘I don’t think that, the majority of people that look black British or are non white have those concerns. You’re dismissing that.’

The Ukip leader said: ‘Lots of them voted for my party in the last election, stand for us as candidates… you’re not listening, are you. I can’t do a lot if I’m not allowed to talk.’

Told by an audience member that EU nations would threaten a backlash after a Brexit vote, Mr Farage said: ‘We’re better than that, we’re not going to be bullied by anybody – least of all, charming as he may be, Jean Claude Junker.’

When Mr Farage said he was 'used to being demonised' the audience member hit back: 'Aren’t you demonising migrants?'

Mr Farage insisted we should not listen to bodies like the IMF who have delivered blood-curdling warnings about the consequences of Brexit.

He said such organisations had recommended joining the euro and were 'wrong then and they are wrong now'. And he said the focus on the economy was too great.

‘There is more to this country, more to our community, than just being competitive.’

The non-debate debate: Mr Farage, pictured with debate host Julie Etchingham, took questions from the live studio audience. Prime Minister David Cameron followed

IMMIGRATION STATISTICS REVEALING RECORD HIGHS SHIFT THE BREXIT DEBATE AND DOMINATE THE TV DEBATES Emily Wood, from Poole, said in the first TV debate her disabled mother could not get the council house she needs because immigrants are given priority Immigration has dominated the referendum battle since official statistics revealed net migration was continuing to run at more than 330,000 a year - close to all time highs. The revelation last month knocked the Remain campaign off its economic message and appeared to hand much needed momentum to team Brexit. Since then, immigration has dominated almost every TV debate of the campaign in so far. In the first debate, Emily Wood, from Poole, said her disabled mother could not get the council house she needs because immigrants are given priority. She said: 'My mum is disabled and needs a bungalow, which there are none in my area. Immigrants are bumped up the list. Am I right to want to leave?' Miss Wood then clashed with other members of the audience and the panel, including ex SNP leader Alex Salmond who insisted: ‘We should build more houses, not kick people out of the country'. But Miss Wood said: 'How the heck are we meant to house them when we haven't got enough houses as it is? Where are you going to put them?' Advertisement

Brexit won't happen even if we vote to leave the EU in referendum, says David Cameron's father-in-law

MPs will block Brexit even if we vote to leave the EU in the referendum, according to David Cameron's father-in-law.

Lord Astor said he did not believe there would be a majority in the House of Commons to repeal the legislation that underpins our membership of the bloc.

The bizarre scenario is possible because the national ballot is only advisory - and most politicians support staying inside the EU.

There has already been speculation that MPs could prevent us quitting the European single market, as Brexit campaigners have suggested should happen if there is an Out vote on June 23.

David Cameron with Lord Astor and his wife Lady Astor, Samantha Cameron's mother

Lord Astor - a Tory peer and Samantha Cameron's stepfather - made the prediction as he set out his support for keeping ties with Brussels, despite delivering a devastating critique of the way it functions.

Writing on the Spectator website, Lord Astor said it was 'difficult not to be Eurosceptic' with the eurozone in turmoil and the Schengen open borders agreement was collapsing.

He also lamented the 'democratic deficit' that was making the EU 'so unaccountable' and causing the 'rise of extreme nationalist political parties all over Europe'.

The peer also raised the prospect that the Brussels club could collapse altogether unless it 'undertakes serious reform', dismissing many eastern members as 'subsidy junkies'.

He wrote: 'We Conservatives made a mistake when we thought that the inclusion of the Eastern bloc countries in the EU, after they were freed from the shackles of centralised rule, would be a beneficial influence,