European Elections: what the parties have to say for themselves

Upcoming vote will give people a chance to make their feelings clear about the EU and immigration

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More than 400 million people across Europe go to the polls today to vote on who represents them in the European Parliament. With anti-European-Union parties gaining popularity and the issue of immigration attracting much attention, the vote also gives people a chance to make their feelings clear about those issues. Here are some of the manifesto policies from the UK's main political parties:

LABOURLabour believes Britain's future lies "at the heart of a reformed EU". It wants national parliaments to have more of a say over the making of new EU legislation and will legislate for a "lock" that stops any future transfer of powers from Britain to the EU without an in/out referendum for the British people.

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