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.

Jude Kirton-Darling

14 September

Cross-party group of MEPs call for UK to take action in UN Security Council and refer Myanmar to the International Criminal Court

A cross-party group of MEPs have written to the Foreign Secretary asking the UK...

13 September

New EU copyright laws will ensure fair remuneration for artists while protecting online freedom

New EU copyright laws, which the European Parliament will begin negotiations on...

Paul Brannen

11 September

Paul's Column: Britain's red grouse - dying in the Tory cause?

Nye Bevan was staying at Wallington Hall and, so the story goes, was asked by...

Jude Kirton-Darling

06 September

‘All Or Nothing’ Is The Glue That Holds The Single Market Together – The UK Can't Cherry-pick Its Rules

Michel Barnier has reticently dismissed Theresa May’s Chequers plan as yet...

Paul Brannen

31 August

The possible reintroduction of predators and its impact of farms

This week in the Agriculture Committee in the European Parliament discussed a...

Paul Brannen

30 August

Paul reacts to UKIP MEP's report on climate change

A recent report denying human role in climate change, written by UKIP MEP John...

Paul Brannen

29 August

Paul's Column: the Great North Run and Brexit

“Come on Lucinda!’ bellowed my Christian Aid colleague as I approached Heworth...

23 August

North East Labour MEPs respond to government no deal Brexit planning papers

The government has launched a series of planning papers setting out what the...

Paul Brannen

14 August

Paul's Column: public money for public good

My summer reading is under way and I’m deep into Jay Parini’s ‘Robert Frost, A...

Jude Kirton-Darling

09 August

What Happened When 'Britons Had Enough Of Experts'

When Michael Gove claimed during the EU referendum that “Britain had had enough...

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