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The Mansion House Speech & the Euro

Last night’s Mansion House Speech by Gordon Brown seems to have put paid to recent speculation of an early assessment of the five economic tests leading to a euro referendum as soon as this Autumn. Although the Government is still committed to an assessment within the first two years of the Parliament, Mr Brown’s comments suggest that it will come towards the end of this period.

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