Cameron pledges to tackle EU laws on labour

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Series Details 7.9.11
Publication Date 07/09/2011
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United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron said on the 6 September 2011 that he would look to claw back authority for labour laws from Brussels amid growing frustration from business and his own backbenches over damaging European directives, but admitted such changes might take years to bring about.

The Prime Minister, speaking before the House of Commons liaison committee, told MPs that aspects of European employment legislation were working against Britain’s national interest and vowed to tackle these problems were there to be a new European treaty to strengthen governance of the eurozone.

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ESO: Background information: Agency workers regulations: Guidance, May 2011 http://www.europeansources.info/record/agency-workers-regulations-guidance-may-2011/
EurActiv, 8.9.11: Cameron seizes euro crisis to 'defend British national interest' http://www.euractiv.com/future-eu/uk-price-treaty-change-financial-services-labour-opt-outs-news-507363
Open Europe: Press Release, 29.9.11: New EU regulations on agency workers could put 28,000 young people’s employment contracts at risk http://www.openeurope.org.uk/media-centre/pressrelease.aspx?pressreleaseid=178

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