Ed Miliband to promise business chiefs he will never take Britain out of the EU

Preview and report of speech by United Kingdom Labour Party leader Ed Miliband to the annual conference of the Confederation of British Industry, 10 November 2014.

The Guardian, and other news sources, reported that he offered a guarantee that a Labour government would 'never risk' the economy by threatening to take Britain out of the EU.

He warned that threats to leave the EU were a 'clear and present danger' to the UK's future prosperity.

UK's Prime Minister David Cameron also spoke to the audience, rejecting claims that an EU referendum would damage the economy and criticising those who argue the UK should stay in the EU 'come what may'.

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