East Midlands Conservative MEP Emma McClarkin has welcomed yesterday’s vote in the European Parliament, when MEPs overwhelmingly voted to keep ‘Freedom of Panorama’ – the right to freely take photos of public buildings and landmarks without needing permission. Campaigners – from photographers to websites such as Wikipedia – had raised fears that the proposals would …Continue Reading

East Midlands Conservative MEP Emma McClarkin will this week support her constituents by voting to remove controversial clauses from proposed legislation which threatened to ban people from photographing and sharing pictures of landmark buildings such as the Eiffel Tower or Houses of Parliament. Fears have been voiced over a controversial clause in a report on …Continue Reading

East Midlands Conservative MEP Emma McClarkin visited LloydsPharmacy in Blaby last Friday, after being invited to hear about their new LloydsPharmacy concept. Miss McClarkin met with the Pharmacy Manager, Kim Gittings, and talked to the staff at the branch about the services available, before being given a short tour. LloydsPharmacy has over 1,550 pharmacies across …Continue Reading

East Midlands Conservative MEP Emma McClarkin joined staff at Tesco in Market Harborough today, helping at a food collection initiative at the supermarket. The Neighbourhood Food Collection, which is taking place in Tesco stores across the East Midlands from 2-4 July, is to help provide much needed food for thousands of people in the area. …Continue Reading

East Midlands MEP Emma McClarkin has today warned of the pitfalls of travelling to Greece this summer, with a potential ‘Grexit’ on the horizon. On the 5th July Greece will hold a referendum on whether to accept the conditions of the Eurozone members or not, in order to receive the next instalment of their bailout. …Continue Reading