Emma McClarkin, MEP for the East Midlands, is helping draft an EU strategy for youth.  There are a broad range of issues that this strategy covers including youth unemployment, the transition from education to work, financial difficulties preventing or hindering further education and cultural investment for young people. Emma McClarkin MEP, Member of the Culture …Continue Reading

MEPs Roger Helmer and Emma McClarkin are disappointed but unsurprised by the performance of Baroness Ashton, the newly appointed High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, in a three hour question and answer session with MEPs. Many MEPs, including Mr Helmer and Miss McClarkin, were left frustrated by the limited grasp …Continue Reading

Northamptonshire MEP Emma McClarkin is delighted that Blacks Leisure Group, whose headquarters is in Weedon Road, St. James, has announced that they are on a “much stronger footing with significantly enhanced recovery prospects”.  Blacks Leisure Group, who operate outdoor retail stores Millets and Blacks, cut jobs at their headquarters in Northampton and shut 87 stores …Continue Reading

Tories have named Tracy Critchlow as their prospective candidate for Mansfield in the upcoming general election. She was unveiled during a ceremony with Nottingham Euro-MP Emma McClarkin. Miss McClarkin said: “Tracy has the right combination of determination and personal touch to fight the corner of the people of Mansfield.” Branch secretary Fraser McFarland said: “She …Continue Reading

The national volunteering charity TimeBank has revealed Leicester to be the 10th most generous city in terms of numbers of volunteers registered. I was so pleased to read this as in Brussels I have shadowed a report which will see the EU officially recognise the importance of volunteering by supporting a European Year of Volunteering …Continue Reading