Labour MEP for Yorkshire & Humber
Consumers across Europe have benefited greatly from EU-wide rules which not only protect them when buying products in their home country, but also when making cross-border purchases. So what benefits might British consumers lose if the UK leaves the EU? And, if we go ahead with Brexit, what measures should the government take to lessen these potential impacts?
Talking to Adam Boulton on Sky News about Theresa May’s newest Brexit fudge that emerged from Chequers and prompted the resignations of David Davis and Boris Johnson.
I recently visited the Textile Centre of Excellence in Huddersfield. Speaking with Managing Director Bill Macbeth gave a fascinating insight into the history of textiles in the region. But it also came with some worrying warnings about Brexit.
I was interviewed by Jo Coburn on Friday’s Daily Politics show, discussing the lack of progress with the Brexit negotiations at the crucial June European Council.
Whether or not the Prime Minister is having an existential crisis, the theatrics of the EU Withdrawal Bill going through Parliament cannot distract from the embarrassing fact that, yet again, she was turning up to a European Council summit with nothing to offer.
Evidence has emerged of links between pro-Brexit campaigners and intermediaries for the Russian Government. In addition, a study has revealed that over 156 000 Russian-based Twitter accounts were engaged in a concerted campaign to Leave.
Speaking in the Fisheries committee of the European Parliament on the leaked government white paper for its post-Brexit fisheries policy. They cannot deliver what was promised during the referendum campaign.
It is not just the UK Parliament that will vote on the Withdrawal Agreement. The European Parliament will too.
A young boy wanders through the world’s largest refugee camp, four letters inked onto his arm. These are the initials of friends he had to leave behind when fleeing Myanmar. He probably won’t see them again. He doesn’t even know if they are still alive. This is just one story, just one child out of […]
Labour List have published my piece explaining how many concerns about immigration can be addressed under current EU rules, if the UK government was prepared to use the powers it has available.
I’m old enough to remember watching (as a very young boy) England’s victory in the 1966 World Cup final. At the time, I thought it was in the natural order of things that England should be world champions. I was fully expecting us to continue to dominate world football. I was already puzzled that we had […]
In each of the five foundations of the Industrial Strategy – ideas, people, infrastructure, business environment and places – we learn more about the advantages of staying in the EU than the supposed opportunities outside it.
As all eyes are fixed on the footballing world, the lingering questions over what Brexit will mean for our local football teams loom large.
Two years after the referendum, the Conservative government still has not clarified its starting position for the Brexit negotiations.
It was my great honour to deliver the first annual memorial lecture to commemorate the life and work of my colleague and friend Sir Julian Priestley, who passed away last year.
EU treaties in a nutshell The EU treaties summarised on one printable A4 page.
Short speech during the Future of Europe debate on 30th May 2018
After its failure to settle internally on either the “customs partnership” or “maxfac” wheezes to avoid a hard border in Ireland, the government now envisages that the whole of the UK should remain in a customs union with the EU until such time as other solutions are found – a remarkable U-turn.
Speaking in a debate on the Better Law Making report I explain how the EU has a higher threshold than many national parliaments for introducing regulations, and how these reduce red tape across all 28 countries. Divergence creates more complexity, as the UK government is quickly discovering.
An update on my work in Yorkshire, Brussels and elsewhere.
An update on my work in Yorkshire, Brussels, at Labour Party conference and elsewhere.
An update on my work in Yorkshire, Brussels, at Labour Party conference and elsewhere.
Short and Sweet!
Interviewed by Emanuel Nunes at my Leeds constituency office.
The introduction is in Portuguese but most of the video is in English with Portuguese subtitles.
