East Midlands Conservative MEP Emma McClarkin has today attacked efforts by the European Commission to set EU-wide education targets, after Britain refused to co-operate with the EU on the matter The meeting of European education ministers this week discussed efforts to bring national targets on early school leavers and higher education into line with European …Continue Reading

Conservative East Midlands MEPs Emma McClarkin and Roger Helmer have today welcomed George Osborne’s decision not to sign off the EU accounts. The UK, along with the Swedish and Dutch governments, has abstained in the vote to approve the accounts for 2009, which the Court of Auditors was unable to give a so-called unqualified statement …Continue Reading

Cadets at Sandhurst got a new recruit last week, as East Midlands Conservative MEP Emma McClarkin joined them on training exercises, organised by the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme (AFPS). The AFPS is a privately-run programme to give UK MPs and MEPs experience of the armed forces. By exposing its members to first-hand experience of the …Continue Reading

East Midlands Conservative MEP Emma McClarkin was at the Pakistani Community Centre in Derby on Friday to meet with community leaders on the anniversary of the death of Mohammed Maqbool Butt Shahid. The event, organised by the chairman of the Jammu Kashmir Self Determination Movement (JKSDM) Raja Najabat Hussein, was also attended by two local …Continue Reading

East Midlands Conservative MEP Emma McClarkin had a busy day on Thursday last week, going from High School to University in just 7 hours as she spent the day touring Leicester Schools. Emma spent the morning at Leicester High School for Girls, where she spoke to Year 10 girls and answered questions on topics such …Continue Reading