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UK has best EU deal
Thanks to the "UK rebate" won by Margaret Thatcher, over the last three decades, the United Kingdom has been reimbursed more than €111 billion from the EU budget, EurActiv.com has learned. But as the…
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Canada, US join the "Don't do it!" chorus
Canada's prime minister Justin Trudeau has joined the camp of international leaders that urged Britain to stay in the EU, reports EUobserver…His statement was reiterated by the US ambassador to the…
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Pooling sovereignty - a century long process
Some would have you believe that at the heart of the UK's upcoming EU referendum is the question of sovereignty. They'll say that EU decision-making has undermined British parliamentary democracy,…
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Now Swedes say Brexit would weaken European security. No wonder Putin backs it!
Tomorrow's world will be tougher for Britain, as US hegemony ebbs, rival global power centres re-emerge, and international institutions stall. Leaving the EU would hurt Britain's ability to face…
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Labour must stop their squabbling sabotaging region's future
Although few would dispute the need for a devolution deal for the North East to give the region more power and funding for economic development, skills, and transport, as well as health and social…
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Brexit will not turn Britain into the Singapore of Europe
Brexit is not far-sighted, flexible, Singapore-style strategic diplomacy but rather a step backwards from international economic integration, writesDr David Skilling, director of Landfall Strategy…
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Inward investment from EU at risk
The UK gets £66 million of investment EVERY DAY from other EU countries - that's more than we pay to be a member of the EU says Office for National Statistics
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Eurosceptics fooling themselves about trade benefits - higher duties, barriers say studies
"Europe's pre-EU experience lends little support to the idea that free trade can flourish in the world of sovereign nation-states, unencumbered by mechanisms of international governance like the EU…
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Missed bins - more costs revealed http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/18000-counting-cost-newcastles-missed-11339358
The Evening CHronicle has uncovered the hidden costs behind Labour's response to Liberal Democrat questions.
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We get back ten times return on money spent on EU
For every £1 we put into the EU, we get almost £10 back through increased trade investment, jobs, growth and lower prices - Office for Budget Responsibility and Confederation of British Industry