UK ordered to pay extra €2.1bn into European Union budget by

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UK ordered to pay extra €2.1bn into European Union budget by December

Tories and Ukip condemn Brussels demand after EU statistics agency exposes major discrepancy in contribution calculations

Britain has been told that it must pay an additional €2.1bn (£1.7bn) into the European Union budget by the end of next month in an ultimatum certain to be used against David Cameron by the growing camp urging the UK to quit the EU.

British and European Commission officials confirmed on Thursday evening that the Treasury had been informed last week that budget contribution calculations based on gross national income adjustments carried out by Eurostat, the EU statistics agency, had exposed a massive discrepancy between what the UK had been asked to contribute and what it should be paying, because the UK economy was doing much better relative to other European economies.

The bombshell, first reported by the Financial Times, was dropped into the middle of an EU summit in Brussels where David Cameron and 27 other leaders were mired in difficult negotiations over climate-change policy and attempts to agree big reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/o ... ntribution


Cameron 'worried' about state of European economies
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David Cameron refuses to pay £1.7bn EU bill by 1 December deadline

Prime minister launches scathing attack on ‘appalling’ behaviour of European Commission, saying its demands are unacceptable

David Cameron delivered his most embittered attack on the EU executive in Brussels on Friday, bluntly stating that Britain would not pay more than £1.7bn in top-up EU budget payments.

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/201 ... r-deadline

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George Osborne didn't tell David Cameron about £1.7bn EU bill


George Osborne left David Cameron in the dark about the EU's unexpected demand for £1.7bn for days, it has emerged. Despite the Chancellor knowing about the bill since the beginning of the week, the Prime Minister was only told on Thursday, when he ...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho ... 17722.html

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David Cameron predicts another recession as global problems bite

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Second Global Crash Is Looming, Warns Cameron
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Cameron warns Britain’s recovery faces ’real risk’
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