By James Chapman British firms who do not export to the EU should be freed from the most burdensome Brussels regulations, hundreds of business leaders will say today. Business for Britain, a Eurosceptic campaign group representing 800 business leaders, will propose that only the five per cent of UK companies who trade with the Continent should be subject to the rules of the single market. It says reform should form a centrepiece of Britain’s demands for a looser relationship with the EU in a renegotiation of membership promised by David Cameron ahead of an in/out referendum if the Conservatives win the next election.
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Business for Britain, representing 800 business leaders, made proposals
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Says only 5% of companies who trade with EU should be subject to single market rules
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British firms freed from regulation that costs £7.5 billion a year in plans
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David Davies and John Redwood thought to back the plan
We will need creative thinking like this, if we are to navigate a path to a successful renegotiation of @placeholder membership of the EU.’