Report: UK business group boss suspended for anti-EU stance
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The Financial Times newspaper says the head of the British Chambers of Commerce has been suspended after saying the U.K. should leave the European Union.
Director-general John Longworth told the organization's convention this week that Britain faced a choice between "the devil and the deep blue sea." He told Sky News that "the U.K. would be better off taking a decision to leave" the EU.
The group, which represents hundreds of businesses, says it will not campaign on either side in Britain's EU membership referendum. A majority of its member businesses supported staying in the bloc when surveyed last year.
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The FT said Longworth had been temporarily suspended for violating the group's neutral stance.
The British Chambers of Commerce did not immediately respond to a call seeking comment Saturday.