Andy Burnham’s bid to rejoin the EU could cost the UK £750 million a week in membership fees, according to new research.
A study by the new campaign group Stay Out reveals that the size of the EU’s annual budget has doubled since the UK voted to leave a decade ago.
The EU has also introduced a number of new green levies which the UK would have to pay. And senior EU figures have warned that Britain would no longer receive the annual budget rebate negotiated by Margaret Thatcher if it chose to rejoin.
Annual payments could total £39.3 billion a year –
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