Callous closure of Remploy factories is entirely avoidable using existing EU law

Glenis Willmott, Labour’s Leader in Europe and MEP for the East Midlands, has written to Iain Duncan Smith to express her anger at the Government’s closure 36 Remploy sites – rather than making use of an EU law designed to …

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Callous Remploy closures could have been avoided using existing EU laws

This weekend’s news about the closure of Remploy factories was devastating. With the Tory-led Government choosing to close 36 factories straight away – including the sites at Chesterfield, Leicester and Worksop in the East Midlands – nearly 1,800 workers will …

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Labour MEP tables urgent question to the EU Commission over Bombardier decision.

Glenis Willmott MEP for the East Midlands and leader of the Labour Party in Europe has tabled an urgent question to the European Commission regarding the Government’s decision to award the Thameslink rail contract to German based …

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