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It was an honour to join friends and colleagues from UNISON, UCATT, Unite and across the trade union movement in Liverpool on Workers’ Memorial Day. I’ve been a trade union member for 30 years. My father was recruited to the Transport and General Workers Union by none other than Jack… read more →

Labour MEPs have urged Theresa May and the Tory Party to guarantee the rights of EU citizens in the UK after Brexit, as it emerged the Home Office is discouraging EU citizens from applying for permanent residence. The Labour Party yesterday said that it would guarantee the rights of EU… read more →

Labour MEPs have called on the government to urgently come up with a plan that will speed up the rebuilding of communities hit by the 2015 floods, after the European Parliament voted today to approve the release of more than £50 million of EU funds to provide assistance to affected… read more →

Labour MEPs have warned everyone involved in the Brexit negotiations to tone down the political grandstanding and start the serious business of negotiating, as the European Parliament today set out its response to the triggering of Article 50. Dame Glenis Willmott MEP, Labour’s Leader in the European Parliament, said: “It… read more →

Labour MEPs have warned the government that any repeal of new EU laws on medical devices could harm patient safety and risk a repeat of the hip replacement and PIP breast implant scandals. The new law, which the European Parliament voted on today, will strengthen requirements for medical devices and… read more →

I, alongside other MEPs, recently signed a letter urging the Iranian government to release EU-Iranian prisoners including Nazanin. You can read the letter here: Dear Mr. Sadeq Larijani, Head of the Judiciary, Dear Minister Mostafa Pourmohammadi, Dear Head of Council for Human Rights Mr. Mohammad Javad Larijani, We are writing to… read more →

MEPs voted today for Labour amendments to the European Parliament’s report on Dieselgate that call for greater consumer rights for car buyers and protection for VW workers caught up in the emissions scandal – measures Tory and Ukip MEPs failed to fully support. Most Conservative and all Ukip MEPs also… read more →

Responding to the triggering of Article 50 today, Theresa Griffin, North West Labour MEP, said: “Theresa May has now submitted her letter to the European Union to begin the Article 50 procedures, but we still don’t know what her actual plans are for Britain’s future. It is time that she… read more →

Responding to the triggering of Article 50 today, Glenis Willmott MEP, Labour’s Leader in the European Parliament, said: “It is time for Theresa May to be honest with the British public and to challenge the Right of her party who have been leading Britain down a perilous path. We’ve seen… read more →

Today, Theresa May will trigger Article 50, the formal process for Britain to exit the EU, but the recent actions of the government, and attitude of ministers, means the EU will go into the Brexit negotiations united while the UK will be divided, writes Glenis Willmott MEP, Labour’s Leader in… read more →