Europe can provide real added value to some of the problems arising from ageing populations, local MEP Glenis Willmott has said.

Mrs Willmott, Labour MEP for the East Midlands said: “While the economic crisis loudly rumbles on, a much quieter …

Alcohol dependency probably affects Europe more than any other region in the world, Glenis Willmott has told an international audience, which included Tony Blair’s former press secretary Alastair Campbell and a speaker from the World Health Organisation, at the launch …

Mobile phone bills for people travelling in Europe will come down this summer following a vote in the European Parliament in Brussels yesterday (Wednesday).

MEPs voted to control the cost of making calls from abroad as well as receiving calls …

Surely it’s time to stop attractive, branded cigarettes.  This is something I will be trying to do when we revise the Tobacco Products Directive.

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Local MEP Glenis Willmott is supporting a campaign calling for young people to be taught emergency life support skills in school.  

The campaign, organised by the British Heart Foundation (BHF), argues that knowing how to stop bleeding, open an airway …

Local Euro MP Glenis Willmott is supporting the World Health Organisation’s Immunisation Week, which starts on Saturday.

She said: “For the price of a cup of coffee, a child can be vaccinated against five of the major childhood killers, including …

A local Euro MP has insisted that Europe must not backtrack on testing cosmetics on animals.

Glenis Willmott, Labour MEP for the East Midlands, explained: “Although there is a total ban on testing cosmetics ingredients on animals within the EU, …

Conservative calls to repatriate powers from Europe is really about taking rights away from working people.

That is the message which local MEP Glenis Willmott will deliver to an audience of trade unionists in Derby this Friday.
Glenis said: “David …

Labour’s East Midlands MEP is supporting the rescue bid proposed by IAG, the owner of British Airways, for BMI, and has written to the European Commission, who are presently considering the proposal.

Glenis Willmott said: “As the Labour MEP representing …

We must do far more to prevent diabetes, a Labour MEP has said, following a vote in the European Parliament calling for more action against the disease.

Glenis Willmott, who leads on health issues for Labour in the European Parliament …