U.K. Business Poll Finds EU Membership Costs Outweigh Benefits
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A YouGov Plc poll of British businesses found 46 percent think the cost of complying with single-market regulation outweighs the benefits of being in the European Union, giving a boost to those in Prime Minister David Cameron’s Tory party campaigning for withdrawal.
Cameron will run in national elections in 2015 on a Conservative platform that includes a referendum on pulling out of the 28-nation EU, though he says he personally favors remaining in the bloc with a renegotiation of powers. The survey published today of 1,024 business leaders was conducted online from Sept. 2 to Sept. 12.