Prime Minister David Cameron used a visit to Swindon today to hammer home the ‘Remain’ message as Britain prepares to go to the polls in tomorrow’s historic EU referendum.
On a final, frantic day of campaigning – and accompanied by former Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman and housing minister Brandon Lewis – Mr Cameron arrived at the Tadpole Garden Village development near Blunsdon St Andrew and the Remain campaign’s ‘Stronger in Europe’ bus. 
Mr Cameron has spent today on a mini-tour of the West of England taking in a farm, school and nature reserve as well as the Swindon housing scheme as he seeks to present a case that Brexit would harm every part of society.
At each stop-off individuals joined the Remain bus – including builders, doctors, nurses, farmers, veterans and business people and, in Swindon, decorating apprentice Maisie Lapham, who is working at Tadpole Garden Village, and Tom Dwyer, South West managing director of the scheme’s developer Crest Nicholson.
Mr Cameron, who launched the Conservative General Election manifesto in Swindon last year, returned to the town as the latest polls show the referendum vote on a knife-edge – and his political future potentially hanging in the balance.
Like many towns, Swindon is divided over the EU. Even its two MPs – both Conservatives – are in opposite camps. South Swindon MP Robert Buckland backs the Remain campaign while his North Swindon colleague Justin Tomlinson has lined up on the Leave side.
While at Tadpole Garden Village, Mr Cameron also met Crest Nicholson CEO Stephen Stone and project manager Alan Blandford.
Housing minister Brandon Lewis said: “The job of politicians is to do everything we can to help people get on in life – to buy that first home, providing stability and a place to raise a family.
“Crest Nicholson's development here is a fantastic example of the homes we’re working together to build and the investment that would be put at risk if we leave the EU. Families are better off in Europe, and they can’t afford a vote to leave.”
Stephen Stone of Crest Nicholson added: “Government support has brought much needed stability to the housing market.
“The industry has responded by growing volumes and creating many highly-skilled jobs, apprenticeships and new career opportunities for young people. Homebuyers have confidence of future employment and easy access to mortgages, which helps them come to the decision to buy a new home.
“This is the housing environment today and anything which undermines it – including Brexit – would not be welcomed and could force us to revisit our investment decisions.”
Tadpole Garden Village, which is being developed on a 179-hectare rural location on Swindon’s outskirts, will eventually have 1,695 two, three, four and five-bedroom homes as well as a local centre, pub, primary school and a range of community buildings.
