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UK Business Leaders Say Economic Case For UK Staying In EU Is Overwhelming

A group of top U.K. business leaders Monday said the financial case for Britain staying within the European Union was overwhelming and accused lawmakers promoting an exit from the bloc as putting "politics before economics".In a letter to The Independent newspaper, the group called for the government to fight to deliver a more competitive Europe in order to combat the criticisms of those advocating Britain's withdrawal from the EU."The City of London is Europe's global financial center. Some of the EU's ideas put this standing at risk. So the Government needs to work hard to protect it," the letter, signed by business figures including Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Group, Win Bischoff , chairman of Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), and Martin Sorrell, chief executive of advertising WPP (WPP.LN), says.The letter comes after Prime Minister David Cameron last week gave his Conservative party's backing to a draft bill that commits the U.K. to holding an EU referendum by the end of 2017-...

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