All you need to know about the European Elections

We never thought it would come to this, but …
The UK should have left the EU on 29th March, but as we all know it didn’t happen. We are now due to leave on or before 31st October, but because we are still currently part of the EU we must take part in the European elections – even if our newly-elected MEPs will only be in post for a matter of weeks.
The last time European elections were held (in 2014), the UK spent £109m on them.
The elections for the European Parliament will be held a week today on 23 May 2019. Voters will choose 73 MEPs in 12 multi-member regional constituencies across the UK. Each region has a different number of MEPs based on its population.

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Photo Exhibition: Childhood Disrupted at the Assembly Rooms

Childhood Disrupted

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Scottish Secretary welcomes latest Labour Market Statistics

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