EU budget vote: Rebel MPs defeat government over spending cut call

The United Kingdom government was defeated in the UK Parliament on the 31 October 2012 over its negotiating position on the EU budget.

Opposition Labour party MPs sided with eurosceptics in the government's own Conservative party to demand a real-term reduction in the Multi-annual Financial Framework (MFF), 2014 - 2020 currenty being negotiated.

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ESO: Background information: Labour tightens pressure on Cameron ahead of EU budget talks http://www.europeansources.info/record/labour-tightens-pressure-on-cameron-ahead-of-eu-budget-talks/

BBC News, 1.11.12: Nick Clegg to attack 'dishonest' Labour over EU vote http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20163924

EUObserver, 1.11.12: Cameron defeated in EU budget freeze vote http://euobserver.com/economic/118062

Deutsche Welle, 31.10.12: British parliament rejects EU budget, cornering Cameron http://www.dw.de/british-parliament-rejects-eu-budget-cornering-cameron/a-16347495

Daily Telegraph, 2.11.12: The real test for Britain in the EU (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/2985331-real-test-britain-eu

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