It looks like the government will finally have to talk about what the UK get out of the EU and how much it is costing us to belong. Reporter Martin Brown in the Daily Express today, has written:
"Calls were issued in the House of Lords for an inquiry into the multi-billion-pound cost of our EU membership.
A number of peers declared the eurozone crisis provided “immaculate timing” for a major report on whether it is worth being saddled with the burden of paying billions of pounds into Brussels coffers every year. They insist that the huge costs to the British taxpayer “far outweigh the benefits” of being in the EU.
The peers’ attempt to force an inquiry into the economic benefits of Britain being in the EU, which was voted through yesterday, will increase the pressure for a referendum on EU membership. And it gives fresh impetus to the Daily Express crusade to cut Britain’s ties with Brussels altogether. Last month we forced a historic vote on a European referendum in the House of Commons.
And earlier this week we revealed that Britain poured a colossal £18.5billion into the EU last year – equivalent to £51million a day.
The staggering figures, £730 a year for every household in the UK, come on top of the £12.5billion shelled out to help rescue Greece, Ireland and Portugal with bailouts.
Speaking in the House of Lords yesterday, former Ukip leader Lord Pearson of Rannoch said a cost-benefit analysis of Britain’s membership of the EU was long overdue.
He told peers that a seven-strong committee of inquiry to report on the economic costs and benefits would help increase pressure for a referendum on EU membership." See the full Daily Express article 'Victory in New Fight to to Quit EU'
Janet Clarke
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