Glenis Willmott MEP, Labour's leader in the European Parliament, in an article for Progress online today, warned of the threat that David Cameron's EU policies pose to jobs and investment in Britain. Glenis Willmott highlighted research showing the benefits to Britain of projects and funding delivered by the Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) that the Tories would scrap. In 2007/08 alo...

Gary Titley MEP fires a broadside at Cameron’s Conservatives in Europe: “…Tories are still Tories. David Cameron might claim they have changed, but we see the real face of the Conservatives in the European parliament. In the last year alone Tory MEPs voted against fighting the trafficking of women, energy efficiency, the Fundamental Rights Agency and

An MEP who channelled more than £500,000 of allowances into a business run by his wife and daughter has been expelled from the Conservative Party. Den Dover, who used to be the party's chief whip in Europe, was dismissed after David Cameron learnt that a European Parliament investigation had found major discrepancies in his use of allowances.

Today David Miliband MP, Labour's Foreign Secretary, responding to criticism of David Cameron's European policy said: "David Cameron's Euro policy is in complete chaos. Leading figures from across Europe, in business and even his own Shadow Business Secretary are lining up to condemn the Tory's 'big mistake' of retreating to the edges of Europe. "By leaping into the a...

Tory leader David Cameron has dropped his plans to force the shadow cabinet to drop their lucrative jobs outside parliament after senior Conservatives threatened a revolt in the ranks.

Business groups have criticised David Cameron's decision to pull the Conservative party out of the mainstream centre-right European parliament group after Thursday's elections

Today David Miliband MP, Labour’s Foreign Secretary, responding to criticism of David Cameron’s European policy said: “David Cameron’s Euro policy is in complete chaos. Leading figures from across Europe, in business and even his own Shadow Business Secretary are lining up to condemn the Tory’s ‘big mistake’ of retreating to the edges of Europe. &ldquo...

David Cameron is expected to move swiftly this week to break with the centre-right winners of the European election and seal a new alliance of Eurosceptics with at least six other parties, mainly in eastern Europe. Timothy Kirkhope, the newly elected MEP for Yorkshire and Tory leader in the European parliament, is to hold talks in Brussels this week with prospective partners, Conservative sources ...

Justice secretary responds to Tory leader's Guardian article calling for major changes to the way parliament works Jack Straw today welcomed some of David Cameron's plans to strengthen parliament and invited the Tories to take part in cross-party talks on constitutional reform. The justice secretary claimed that the government had already taken steps to improve the legislative process an...

German MEP warns Tories of losing influence if they quit centre-right ranks David Cameron came under attack over his European policy last night when the president of the European parliament said that if it were put into effect it would be a "tragedy" for Britain and Europe which would leave a Conservative government with no influence in the EU. The intervention by Hans-Gert Pöttering came...