Britain to keep EU working week opt-out - Daily Telegraph
Britain is to keep its opt-out from Europe's 48-hour week after European Parliament talks to phase out the Working Time Directive failed.
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Euro MPS back plan for 'health tourism' for British patients
NHS patients were given the green light yesterday to go abroad for free treatment.
MEPs backed a directive giving them the freedom to shop around the continent for quick operations - which in almost all cases would be met by their government.
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Talks over working week opt-out
The UK's right to opt out of the European Working Time Directive is to come under consideration in formal talks in Brussels.
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Defeat for Brown as MEPs vote to end opt-out on working hours
The government suffered a defeat yesterday when the European parliament voted to scrap 15 years of special treatment that has allowed the British to work the longest hours in the EU.
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Euro MPs scrap Britain's opt-out of the 48-hour work week in move that could cost UK up to £66billion
The European Parliament today voted to scrap Britain's opt-out from the maximum 48-hour working week in a move that is estimated to cost the UK economy up to £66.45billion.
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