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EU procurement rules – are you in or out?

January 23, 2013

In or out of the European Union? That is the question David Cameron has promised to give the people of the UK the chance to answer.

In a speech at Bloomberg HQ this morning, the Prime Minister said his party would put negotiating a better deal for Britain’s role in the EU, front and centre of its manifesto for 2015.

If successful in winning a majority, it would then launch a referendum, simply asking should Britain be in or out of the EU. By extension, the referendum would also be asking whether or not EU procurement rules would continue to impact on UK buyers. (more…)