The European Parliament has adopted a resolution co-tabled by West Midlands Lib Dem MEP Liz Lynne calling for more specialist support for the victims of human trafficking gangs, including dedicated accommodation.
Liz Lynne MEP for the West Midlands has welcomed news that her long campaign to end cruelty suffered by horses being transported long distance for slaughter has been adopted by the European Parliament at Strasbourg.
European governments have agreed to invest up to €6 billion in the development of clean coal technology, the largest programme in the world.
In yet another sign of Cameron's flight from the centre ground, Yorkshire and the Humber MEP Edward McMillan-Scott left the Conservative party for the Liberal Democrats after a long running battle over Britain's future in Europe.
Many of us will have been acutely embarrassed by former UKIP leader Nigel Farage's televised tirade against EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy.
David Cameron's insistence on leaving the Conservative EPP group in the European Parliament for a ragtag mix of far right extremists has had unforeseen consequences, undermining Tory councillors at the Committee of the Regions (CoR).