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The REAL winners and losers from the EU (and surprise – Britain gets a raw deal)

BRITAIN has coughed up an eye-watering 32 BILLION euros in net contributions to European Union coffers in the last five years, official figures show. By Nick Gutteridge The shocking sum – which converts to £25 BILLION – reveals that the UK contributes nearly one fifth of the EU’s overall net budget even after receiving a rebate on our bill from Brussels negotiated by Margaret Thatcher. The sum is roughly equal to half UK defence budget, almost a quarter of the annual NHS bill, and a little under half Britain’s welfare budget. st three EU member states – Britain, France and… View Article