Labour MEPs will this week vote to reject the European Commission’s proposal for an EU Port Services Regulation, on the grounds that the proposed legislation includes few tangible benefits for the ports sector, its workers or the environment. The Commission’s proposal is the third attempt to establish ports legislation at… read more →
European governments have failed abysmally to tackle the refugee crisis in Europe. While member states bicker between themselves, lives are lost and the EU continues to disintegrate. We, the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament and across Europe, call on the heads of state and governments meeting today to… read more →
Labour MEPs and their staff supported Fairtrade Fortnight today with a cake sale in the European Parliament to raise money for a girls’ school in Pakistan. All money raised from the event will go to the Tasibeh Girls’ School in Pindi, Pakistan. The school is dependent on funds raised in… read more →
Labour MEPs: We must fight to ensure our workplace rights are protected, and work to strengthen them
Labour MEPs have welcomed today’s TUC report detailing the major employment rights that would be at risk if the UK left the EU, and reiterated calls for these rights not just to be protected but extended. Glenis Willmott MEP, Labour’s Leader in the European Parliament, said: “As a result of… read more →
After months of campaigning North West Labour MEPs Theresa Griffin, Afzal Khan and Julie Ward welcomed the government’s belated application for EU Solidarity Funds to help victims of flooding, but warned that it must go directly to affected communities. Theresa Griffin MEP said: “Across Cumbria and Lancashire homes were destroyed,… read more →
Dear North West Resident, Many people from the North West and across the UK have made contact with me by email and over social media about the Motion for a resolution on the Humanitarian Situation in Yemen, which will be voted on in this week’s European Parliament Plenary Session on 25… read more →
The director of Europol, Rob Wainwright, today laid out the benefits of the European Union in the fight against terrorism, people smuggling, and other cross-border crime. He was addressing MEPs from the Socialists and Democrats Group in the European Parliament. Claude Moraes MEP, chair of the civil liberties, justice and… read more →
In a debate today on the EU summit and the upcoming referendum, Glenis Willmott MEP, Labour’s Leader in the European Parliament, said: “For too long politicians in Britain have shied away from the big arguments about Europe. “We’ve allowed debate to be dominated by those on the other side of… read more →
British Gas reports a £574m annual leap in profits whilst many households struggle to pay their energy bills. Last week, British Gas announced a 31% rise in household energy profits as wholesale prices for energy hit a five year low; leading to further calls for energy companies to pass on… read more →
My motivation for everyone having the right to a properly paid job and protection as a trade union member was born out of the personal experience of witnessing mass compulsory redundancies during the closure of car factories and the devastation of the automotive industry when I was in my mid-teens.… read more →