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Former Cabinet Secretary Lord O'Donnell has said his successor is "pretty well right" to prevent ministers who oppose EU membership from seeing certain government documents.

Sir Jeremy Heywood's guidance says ministers opposing the official government line should not be given access to government papers on the referendum or Prime Minister David Cameron's EU renegotiations - apart from ones they had already seen.

Speaking to Edward Stourton on 大象传媒 Radio 4's World at One Lord O'Donnell said "the government's position is to remain in. Therefore, civil servants will support that."