Vote Leave and Stronger In are gearing up for the final day of campaigning before Thursday's historic referendum on EU membership.
London mayor Sadiq Khan tore into Boris Johnson in one of the last TV showdowns of the referendum battle, accusing his predecessor of "Project Hate" due to his campaign's messages on immigration.
In heated exchanges in front of an audience of 6,000 people at Wembley Arena, Mr Johnson hit back by pointing out that Mr Khan had previously said those concerned about immigration should not be accused of prejudice. He also argued that leaving the EU would help reduce the UK's wealth gap.
In the BBC debate, Mr Khan told the former London mayor: "The problem is this, Boris. You might start off by saying how wonderful immigration is. But your campaign hasn’t been Project Fear, it’s been Project Hate as far as immigration is concerned."
He accused the Conservative MP of telling lies and scaring people, and brandished a Vote Leave leaflet which had warned that majority-Muslim Turkey could join the European Union.
"That's scaremongering, Boris, and you should be ashamed … you are using the ruse of Turkey to scare people to vote Leave," Mr Khan added.
Mr Johnson threw the criticism back at his Labour successor, saying the pro-EU side had conducted "Project Hate".
He also argued that people on low incomes stood to benefit financially from leaving the 28-member trading bloc.
Mr Johnson added: "In my view, as a Conservative, and I am a proud Conservative and a believer in free markets, I think the differentials in income in our country have become too great and I think it is wrong FTSE-100 chiefs are now earning 150 times the average pay of people on the shop floor.
"It would be a fine thing, as Lord Rose says, if people on low incomes got a pay rise as a result of us taking back control of our country and our system."
The leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Ruth Davidson, also repeatedly clashed with Mr Johnson - accusing the Leave panellists of "lying".
She attacked Vote Leave's "take back control" slogan, warning: "You lose control by losing your seat at the table."
Ms Davidson, who gave the closing statement for Remain, told the Wembley audience they had to be "100% sure" of their vote, adding that there was "no going back on Friday morning".
And in his closing statement, Mr Johnson declared: "Thursday can be our country's Independence Day" if the UK votes to leave
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