LONDON: Britain’s biggest employers’ group on Monday intensified its campaign to keep the country in a reformed European Union, saying that membership was “overwhelmingly” in the country’s interest.

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said at the start of its national conference that membership was worth between £62 billion ($99 billion, 73 billion euros) and £78 billion, about 4 percent to 5 percent of Britain’s total output.

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