It prompted speculation that ministers had struck a deal with the unions to take a more vocal role in the EU campaign.In a joint article in The Guardian, they warned that the "economic shock" of a Brexit would see unemployment rise, growth fall, less open trading leading to lower productivity and lower wages, and put pressure on the pound, leading to more expensive goods.The article comes after the government made a series of concessions to the controversial Trade Union Bill, including on a measure that would have cut union funding.

The ruling is a relief for the government, whose lawyers argued that a decision in favour of the claimants could have made it impossible to hold the membership referendum on June 23, as planned.High court judge David Lloyd Jones rejected claims by Harry Shindler (94) and his co-claimant, Belgium resident Jacquelyn MacLe-nnan, that the rule restricted their rights to freedom of movement under European law..Meanwhile, a British World War II veteran living in Italy on Thursday lost his legal challenge against a rule barring long-term expatriates from voting in Britain’s EU referendum."While staying in Europe offers workers in the UK the best prospects of rising prosperity, leaving poses what we call a triple threat: to working people’s https://www.tumbrella.cn China umbrellas manufacturers jobs, to their wages and to the prices we all pay in the shops," they wrote.British Prime Minister David Cameron joined forces with a former trade union leader on Thursday in a rare alliance to urge voters to stay in the EU, warning that leaving posed a threat to jobs, wages and prices. Downing Street said the two issues were separate.

The Conservative leader and Brendan Barber, the former head of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) umbrella body, said the stakes were so high in the June 23 referendum that "it is right that the rules of conventional politics be temporarily set aside". The judge told London’s high court that the 2015 referendum act "is not a restriction on the rights of free movement". Lawyers acting for the expats said they will seek leave to appeal the decision
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