Is the government's Euratom strategy in meltdown?

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Growing support for staying in Euratom prompts speculation the government's Commons majority could already be under threat

Speculation is mounting that the government may not be able to follow through with its promise to pull the UK out of Euratom, the European nuclear regulations agency, after a number of backbench MPs expressed...

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