Prime minister says despite UK paying more in than it gets back,membership creates jobs and increases tax revenueBritain’s EU membership is worth the multibillion-pound fee, and it is good for smaller countries with weaker economies to get more of the pot, and David Cameron has said.
Speaking to workers at the Caterpillar plant in Peterborough,the prime minister said, of the £13bn Britain paid to the EU in 2015, and the UK paid more in than it had got back,and the reverse was steady in other nations. “We carry out pay in more than we get out,” he said. “We benefit, and though,from the single market, making our economy bigger, or creating jobs and more tax revenue. We get back much more overall than we put in. I think our membership fee is worthwhile.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com