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

David Cameron today expelled the Conservative party's former chief whip in the European parliament who has been found guilty of breaching Strasbourg rules. The parliament decided that Den Dover, who resigned as chief whip in June, had breached its rules and demanded that he pay back just over £500,000. Dover will face a fraud investigation by the EU's anti-fraud body, OLAF, into cl...

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...

Labour's MEP leader warns on cost of Tory isolation and their plans to scrap RDAs 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 said: "David Cameron's policy of isolation in Europe and the Tories' pledge to...

David Cameron's new European policy came under fire from Tory Eurosceptics on Thursday for being too timid but the Tory leader was said by aides to be 'relieved' that it had not provoked more of a political or media outcry

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.

David Miliband MP, Labour's Foreign Secretary, said in response to David Cameron's U-turn on the Lisbon Treaty: "British people now know what to expect when they hear a cast-iron guarantee from David Cameron on Europe: nothing. "This is not about taking back powers from Europe, it is about transferring power to the Eurosceptics on his backbenches. "David Cameron's proposals to opt o...

Conservative leader says he wants people with no background in Tory politics to consider standing as candidates for parliament David Cameron today hinted at a desire to clear out the Conservative old guard when he said he wanted people with no background in Tory politics to consider standing for parliament as Conservative MPs. In a move that suggests he feels the modernisation of the Conservative ...

The BBC reports that David Cameron's attempts to reform the way that Conservative MEPs. An unsigned memo written by a Conservative MEP is a "direct breach of the rules of the European Parliament" and likely to bring a PR "defeat".The document suggests that an attempt by Mr Cameron to merge the European and Westminster expenses system "threatens the worst of both worlds". It describes the proposal ...

David Miliband MP, Labour's Foreign Secretary, said in response to David Cameron's U-turn on the Lisbon Treaty: "British people now know what to expect when they hear a cast-iron guarantee from David Cameron on Europe: nothing. "This is not about taking back powers from Europe, it is about transfering power to the Eurosceptics on his backbenches. "David Cameron's proposals to opt ou...