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$130,000 prize to help UK leave the EU
A prize of 100,000 euros ($130,000) will be given to the best plan for the U.K. to leave the European Union, a free market think tank announced on Tuesday. The Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA) is holding the "Blueprint for Britain" competition which aims to see how the U.K. could hypothetically fulfill an orderly exit from the EU. The plan will also need to map out how the country might fit into the new geopolitical and economic landscape that might follow. A referendum bill which could lead to allowing Britons to vote on whether they want to stay in the EU has so far passed the first stage of ... (full story)