Ex-chancellor calls for EU exit
Lord Lawson has called for the UK to leave the European Union. Writing in The Times he described the EU as a "bureaucratic monstrosity" and said the "case for the exit is clear."
Downing Street: 'Europe has to reform'
A Downing Street spokesman has insisted the government has a "clear timetable for reform" after the former chancellor Lord Lawson declared he would back a campaign to withdraw Britain from the European Union.
Lord Lawson who was a key player in Margaret Thatcher's government, said David Cameron's negotiations would lead to no concrete reform in Brussels.
A spokesman said: "The PM has always been clear: we need a Europe that is more open, more competitive, and more flexible; a Europe that wakes up to the modern world of competition. In short, Europe has to reform."
"But our continued membership must have the consent of the British people, which is why the PM has set out a clear timetable on this issue."
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