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Leaving the European Union would improve Britain’s national security, a former head of MI6 has said, as it emerged that a series of serious intelligence failures had allowed the Brussels bombings to go ahead. Sir Richard Dearlove said that, in the

The world’s top credit ratings agency, Moody’s, has assessed any potential, negative economic impact from Britain leaving the European Union (EU) as “small” – no doubt leaving the ‘Remain’ campaign stunned by the failure of big bankers to oppose Brexit

23 million households are set this week to receive a letter from British entrepreneur Peter Hargreaves urging them to back Brexit in the forthcoming referendum on our membership of the European Union (EU). The letter, distributed by Leave.EU, is thought

The odds of Britain voting to leave the European Union in a June referendum narrowed on Tuesday as attacks in Brussels that killed at least 34 people were seen boosting the ‘Out’ campaign. Bookmaker Paddy Power narrowed its odds on

When Jean-Claude Juncker, the President of the European Commission, urged voters in Britain considering Brexit to visit war cemeteries – as if allowing Brussels to mandate the power of vacuum cleaners is the only thing keeping Britain and Belgium from

Adding another alarmist voice to the Brexit debate, the Chairman of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has warned that Britain voting to leave the European Union (EU) poses a major threat to global environmental efforts. Green industry tycoon, Lord Deben (John Selwyn Gummer,

British taxpayers have been left to foot a £181,000 bill run up on the National Health Service (NHS) by an illegal immigrant, as health bosses are not bothering to chase up payments for foreign nationals. Overall, millions are being lost

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has produced an uncritical documentary about the presidency of U.S. President Barack Obama, with funding from the European Union (EU) which in turn gets its cash from the British and European tax payers. The news comes

We are nearly a month into the referendum campaign and despite the ‘Remain’ activists – henceforth to be known as the Remainians – having fired every bullet they have, the ‘Leave’ side are holding up well. But now, despite derisory

Leading members of the anti-mass migration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party have expressed envy at Britain’s upcoming European Union (EU) referendum, confirming they want “every Member State” to have one. AfD Deputy Chairman Beatrix von Storch MEP was one of

The slow crawl towards the publication of Sir John Chilcot’s Iraq Inquiry is to be delayed again, amid suspicion the government is postponing all controversial announcements until after June’s EU referendum. The Iraq Inquiry officially began taking evidence in 2009, finishing the process

Over 100 Members of Parliament (MPs) have signed a letter warning it would be “highly damaging” for President Obama to publicly back Britain remaining in the European Union (EU) when he visits next month ahead of June’s referendum. The letter was coordinated by former

An exit from the European Union (EU) could spark a revolution in British lawmaking, opening the floodgates on enough radical new policies to fill the Queen’s speeches for more than a decade, senior Whitehall officials have said. In preparation for

The European Commission is blocking plans to introduce an Australian-style policy which would see boats full of migrants turned around and returned to their port of origin. Instead, Commissioners have insisted that Europe has a “moral duty” to take all

An expert on global security risks and counter-terrorism has said that, contrary to claims by Prime Minister David Cameron, Britain would be safer outside the European Union (EU), not within it. He said that Mr Cameron’s claims were “surprising” considering

British taxpayers’ contributions to the European Union (EU) budget are set to increase over the next five years, the government’s own budget documents show, forcing the British people to hand over an eye-watering £371 million a week. City traders have

EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Britain will become increasingly detached from the European Union even if it votes to stay in the bloc in a June referendum, according to a report released by a Sottish parliamentary committee on Saturday. The dossier drawn

The founder of FTSE 100-listed finance company Hargreaves Lansdown said today the “little bit of unknown” that would result from the UK voting for Brexit in June’s European Union (EU) referendum would give the British economy a big boost. Speaking in

The Labour Party head of the campaign to keep Britain in the European Union (EU) has admitted he is “worried” about losing the referendum and recognises it will be a “tough battle” for his side to win. In an interview

Democracy in Europe, already heavily undermined by the European Union, is set to be further eroded if the U.S.-EU Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) goes ahead. Leaked documents show that the Commission has given approval for big business and

London has been named the most popular city for real estate investment by wealthy Middle Easterners ahead of nearly 200 global destinations. The result demonstrates continued faith in the British economy by foreign investors, regardless of the results of the

In a boost to Brexit campaigners looking to leave the European Union (EU), aircraft builder Boeing has selected Britain to house the company’s European headquarters, regardless of the outcome of June’s referendum. Defying the Remain campaign’s ‘Project Fear’-style warnings that a Leave

News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch will decide whether The Sun will back Brexit in June’s referendum, the paper’s associate editor has confirmed. The Sun has published 55 editorials on the European Union since September, all of which have been sceptical

Diplomats at the European Commission have been accused of caving in to Chinese demands to water down their estimates of Chinese steel overproduction, leaving the door open for the Chinese to flood world markets with cheap steel. It comes just

Leaving the European Union (EU) could save the NHS, a leading doctor has said, as Britain would make a net saving of £8 billion a year by withdrawing from the bloc – money which could be used to close the

Campaigners for the UK to remain in the European Union (EU) have admitted that consumer-friendly caps on mobile telephone roaming charges for British users are “likely to stick” in a post-Brexit world. In selling the benefits of the EU to the electorate, cuts

Five Members of the British Parliament and a Member of the European Parliament have written to U.S. President Barack Obama urging him to stay out of Britain’s referendum on the country’s membership of the European Union (EU). Peter Bone (Conservative),

A pro-Brexit student group has been denied acceptance as an official university group because the word “Britain” in its title might have negative connotations for foreign students. Eurosceptic students at Keele University applied to their Students’ Union for formal recognition of their group,

BBC Scotland is scheduled to broadcast two leaders debates, one in May just eight weeks before the European Union (EU) referendum, but by omitting the Scottish UKIP leader they will not feature any anti-EU voices. The pair of leaders debates will take place ahead

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have blown more than £17.4 of taxpayers’ money on paying supporters and voters to visit them in Brussels and Strasbourg. In a review of the Parliament’s £1.3 billon-a-year spending, the budgetary review committee said

British expats denied the right to vote in the referendum on European Union (EU) membership are taking the government to court over claims that they have been disenfranchised. If their challenge is successful, the referendum would have to be delayed

Prime Minister David Cameron and Mayor of London Boris Johnson faced off against each other on the referendum campaign trail yesterday, each firing accusations that the other had made up claims to support their respective positions on the Brexit question.

Growing hostility towards the European Union (EU) from Britain’s ethnic minorities could swing June’s referendum in favour of Brexit. Race equality activists admit they are surprised at the scale of anger about the EU from minority communities, raising questions as

Raising the spectre of another independence referendum, the Labour Party’s pro-Remain campaign leader has said that Scots could be justified in wanting to leave the UK in the event of Brexit. The pro-EU campaign leader and Labour Party Member of Parliament, Alan

The man described by Nigel Farage as German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s “Vicar on Earth in Brussels”, Elmar Brok, has served notice on those who believe the advance of the European Union (EU) has been checked by Britain’s membership renegotiations. German

Former Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has been criticised after claiming Brexit would endanger the Northern Ireland peace process and lead to a “hard border” between the province and the Republic of Ireland. The Labour peer, who also served as Northern