Everybody knows that we’re in the middle of a crisis. People have less money in their pockets; young people are graduating from university with no job to go to. The future of the Euro hangs in the balance.

But it’s …

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 …

EU laws often get a bad rep.

Sometimes, just as with national laws, the criticism is deserved. For example, you won’t see me defending the EU Treaty rule which forces MEPs to decamp toStrasbourg every month, at great cost to …

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 …

Plain packaging for cigarettes could soon become a reality, a high level conference in Brussels this Wednesday will be told.

East Midlands MEP Glenis Willmott has joined forces with MEPs from Germany, Sweden and Bulgaria, representing a range of political …

“If any woman is at risk then I believe she has the right to have her breast implant removed, and the private companies who caused the problem should pay for it,” said Glenis Willmott MEP this week.

The European Commission …

I want food labels to be simple and honest about what is inside them. This is not always as easy as it sounds, but today was a victory for consumers as the European Parliament supported my objection to a new …

 ”If you see a product on a supermarket shelf, and it says ‘less sugar’ or ‘less fat’ you’d think it was healthy.  I’m taking the lead in ensuring that EU-wide legislation allows shoppers to trust these claims,” said Glenis Willmott, …

Glenis Willmott MEP, Labour’s Leader in Europe and MEP for the East Midlands, spoke to Europarl TV on this week’s vote on nutrition claims.

Glenis Willmott formed a cross-party alliance of MEPs on the European Parliament’s Environment, Public Health …

Glenis Willmott, Labour’s Leader in Europe and MEP for the East Midlands, questions acting Danish Health Minister, Pia Olsen Dyhr, in the European Parliament on the Danish Presidency’s plans for the EU Health for Growth programme, diabetes and tobacco. 

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