What Did the EU Ever Do for Us: How the European Union Changed Britain - What to Keep and What to Scrap

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From the bestselling author of Europe: In or Out comes the essential layman's guide to what happens after Brexit. From four weeks' paid annual leave to cleaner beaches and rivers, mass immigration, budget airlines and leadfree petrol - membership of the European Union changed Britain, for good and ill. Now that the momentous decision to leave has been taken, we have to begin the long task of deciding which of these changes we should keep and which can and should be scrapped Brexit will transform Britain's relationship with the EU, but this book shows how the EU also transformed Britain. From vacuum cleaners to VAT, Polish plumbers to paternity leave, this informative and highly accessible book takes the reader through the ways the EU changed Britain through its laws, court judgments, policies and red tape.

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David Charter is the Berlin correspondent for The Times, having formerly served as the paper's Brussels correspondent. He has an unparalleled knowledge of the rules and workings of Europe, and is the author of Europe: In or Out. He lives with his family in Berlin.