Labour falls to third in European election

9:42am Monday 8th June 2009

LABOUR fell to third place in the West Midlands in the European Parliament election, winning one of the six seats available.

Libertas candidates to be announced

11:07am Friday 24th April 2009

ON Wednesday, May 6 the leader of Libertas in the UK, Robin Matthews, will announce Libertas’ candidates standing in the West Midlands.

Cross border health rights backed

10:24am Friday 24th April 2009

NEW legislation reinforcing the right for patients to travel to another European country for treatment and to have the cost reimbursed has been given the go-ahead by the European Parliament.

Pub smoking room petition launched on No 10 website

1:01pm Wednesday 22nd April 2009

WEST Midlands MEP Mike Nattrass and fellow representatives of UKIP have placed a petition on the Number 10 Downing Street website calling for designated smoking rooms to be re-introduced in British pubs.

Tesco’s profits 'should not be out of farmers pockets'

12:55pm Wednesday 22nd April 2009

LIZ Lynne, the Lib Dem MEP for Stourbridge and Halesowen, has today said that while the announcement of supermarket giant Tesco’s annual profits is good news for the economy, it is important large food retailers are not making their money by squeezing the UK’s farmers.

New EU election candidates named

No2EU candidate Dave Nellist.

12:41pm Wednesday 22nd April 2009

THE No2EU-YestoDemocracy Euro Election campaign, launched by the Rail, Maritime and Transport workers union (RMT) last month, has announced its candidates for the European Elections on June 4. "In the West Midlands, where six seats are being contested, we are delighted the list will be led by former Labour MP and socialist councilor Dave Nellist", said regional Press Officer for the campaign Pete McLaren.

Save £40m a day, says UKIP

Save £40m a day, says UKIP

3:46pm Monday 20th April 2009

WEST Midlands UKIP MEP Mike Nattrass today pledged to fight for decisions to be made in Westminster, not Brussels.

UK industry choked to death, says MEP

UK industry choked to death, says MEP

2:31pm Monday 20th April 2009

CONSERVATIVE MEP for the Black Country Philip Bradbourn today called for an end to the EU's obsession with regulation, blaming the Labour Government for acquiescing to these rules from Brussels.

Worrying rise in anaphylactic shock cases

4:09pm Wednesday 15th April 2009

WEST Midlands Euro MP Liz Lynne has expressed her concern over new figures showing the number of people being admitted to hospital due to anaphylactic shock has doubled in the past decade to 3,385 each year.

Vital investment welcomed

5:03pm Thursday 9th April 2009

WEST Midlands Labour MEP Neena Gill today welcomed the long-awaited announcement from the European Investment Bank (EIB) that desperately needed funding for the UK car industry will be made available.

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Your Say Your Halesowen

.Sandwell Council believes that the introduction of these parking charges will now help them to recover some costs for maintaining their car parks in Old Hill and Cradley Heath, however, in doing so, what they may have overlooked in the long run is the much greater drop in business rates revenue that could occur through the potential loss of trade as a consequence of their decision.  − Liz Bowler Old Hill

Old Hill and Cradley Heath car parking charges »

Fundamental good practice in local government must surely be for an accurate data-base – so why am I still receiving correspondence from SMBC addressed to me as Councillor Mary Docker? − Mary Docker

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