Latest Updates

Here you’ll find all the most recent updates from Jude and Paul’s work in the European Parliament and around the North East.

Paul Brannen

22 May

Paul's Column: three key attributes that make a successful campaigner

Last week I arrived at the European Parliament in Brussels and discovered next...

Jude Kirton-Darling

17 May

The issue of ‘Accidental Americans’ and what the EU is doing to help

Accidental Americans are EU citizens who solely by virtue of being born on US...

Paul Brannen

09 May

Paul Brannen MEP submits feedback to government consultation on agriculture

Paul Brannen MEP has submitted the below response to a consultation on the...

Paul Brannen

08 May

Paul's Column: as the EU sets its post-Brexit budget, what's in store for UK farmers?

After a particularly long winter the bank holiday sunshine was especially...

Jude Kirton-Darling

04 May

The EU customs union is the only effective protection against US bullying today

A shortened version of this letter was first published in the Daily Telegraph (...

Paul Brannen

27 April

Paul meets new National Farmers' Union president

Earlier this week Paul Brannen MEP met with Minette Batters, the new president...

Jude Kirton-Darling

25 April

Five years on since the Rana Plaza tragedy, it’s time to assess what has been done globally to improve workers’ rights and safety

Yesterday marked 5 years since the catastrophic collapse of the Rana Plaza in...

Paul Brannen

24 April

Paul's Column: Borders are deceptive, difficult, dangerous places

‘This is the Night Mail crossing the Border, Bringing the cheque and the postal...

Jude Kirton-Darling

24 April

Labour MEP pleads for British in Spain’s petition on voting rights to be debated by the European Parliament

Jude Kirton-Darling, Labour MEP for the North East of England, called for a...

Jude Kirton-Darling

24 April

Is a non-regression clause worth more than the paper it's written on? You better hope so, your rights at work depend on it

Trust is essential for trade negotiations to reach satisfactory outcomes. It is...

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