A majority of British voters now believe UK membership of the European single currency is inevitable, finds a newspaper poll.

The majority, 62 per cent, now believe that Britain will join the single currency within 10-years, regardless of how they themselves would vote in a referendum - a figure that has doubled in the last year.

In an indication of greater voter fatalism following a Labour election victory and the introduction of euro notes and coins on January 1, the new majority is exactly twice the number who would actually choose to vote for the European currency, finds a ICM poll published in the Guardian.

The figures follow former Downing Street policy chief, David Miliband's's comment that "the introduction of notes and coins will probably have more effect over the next few months than any words that politicians can come up with".

Euro-enthusiasts are slowly beginning to close the gap with the No-Vote, with the Yes-vote up three points (31 per cent) and euro-sceptics static on 58 per cent.