Labour MEPs have been re-elected as chairs of the European Parliament civil liberties and international development committees this week, at the midpoint of the current parliamentary term, when all positions are up for election. Glenis Willmott MEP, Labour’s Leader in the European Parliament, said: “Labour MEPs will continue to work… read more →
Yesterday morning I had the pleasure of joining friends and comrades from right across the Liverpool city region to launch Steve Rotheram’s metro mayor campaign for Merseyside and Halton. Born and bred in Kirkby, one of eight children, left school at 16 to work as a brick-layer – Steve’s story… read more →
Just like 2016, 2017 is proving to be as eventful. This week we learnt what some of Theresa May’s Brexit plan entails – it didn’t look pretty – and the European Parliament appointed a new President. On Tuesday Theresa May’s speech was riddled with inconsistencies and included the threat of… read more →
Responding to Theresa May’s Brexit speech today, Glenis Willmott MEP, Labour’s Leader in the European Parliament, said: “So now we know: Theresa May has given up on the Single Market before negotiations have even begun, whatever the cost – the cost in jobs, the cost in trade, the cost to… read more →
Today – nearly seven months on from the referendum – Theresa May will give a speech on Europe in which aides claim she will set out the government’s plan on Brexit. Here are five key questions to which she must provide answers. How will the government protect the economy from… read more →
Welcome back and happy New Year. Last week there were a number of Westminster committee inquiries focused on Brexit – specifically centring on the economy, education and Northern Ireland. On the topic of the economy, City experts unanimously agreed that the UK needed a three-year transitional deal at the end… read more →
If we thought 2016 was hard, next year could be even tougher, writes Glenis Willmott MEP, Labour’s Leader in the European Parliament. It will be a year of big political decisions for Britain, so there must be no more fudging from Theresa May – she needs to come up with… read more →
Here is your final EU round-up of 2016. Last week, European leaders met in Brussels for the EU summit and guess what… #ShambolicBrexit continues. Theresa May was clueless as ever. Not only was she ignored (as many of you saw via social media) but she was also excluded from the… read more →
The civil war in Syria has now been ongoing for five years, half the population have fled their homes and, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, more than 360,000 people have lost their lives. Following the escalation of the attacks on eastern Aleppo the UN and Red Cross… read more →
Labour MEPs will vote tomorrow against the compulsory opening up of railway contracts across Europe to private sector operators as the new laws do not provide protection for rail workers’ terms and conditions when services are contracted out and also do not ensure good staffing standards on privately-run services. Despite… read more →