Visit by our MEP

Roger Helmer MEP, Member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands Region, visited Sleaford and North Hykeham last week at the invitation of local MP Stephen Phillips to speak to business leaders from across the region about European issues. Mr Helmer (pictured with Mr and Mrs Avison of Beckside Buildings and Installations Limited of Lincoln) reviewed the progress made by the Coalition government in the past year since the 2010 election, especially in terms of managing the deficit, and contrasted this with the damage that EU regulation and Brussels-inspired taxes were doing to the UK economy, sentiments warmly received by his audience. Moving a vote of thanks for Mr Helmer for his visit, Stephen Phillips MP described Mr Helmer as "a principled MEP doing everything he can to ensure that Brussels' intereference with our everyday lives is reduced, even if that means he will eventually put himself out of a job!"

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