Britain needs to invest more in production and help its exporters as other countries do, looking for whatever opportunities are available to boost jobs and growth for our country.

There will have to be greater flexibility in setting the pension age so that Britain and the West can rise to the challenge of demographic changes, James Elles, the South-East region Conservative parliamentarian, has argued in his latest weekly today (Friday, 10 February).

James Elles, one of the objectors to the high speed rail project through the Chilterns as proposed, re-iterated the three reasons for his firm opposition when he spoke at a meeting in the home of Councillors David and Sue Polhill in East Claydon, near Buckingham, on Saturday (4 February 2012).

It is encouraging to see that the European debate is shifting towards a greater urgency for jobs and growth, James Elles, the Conservative parliamentarian, has commented in his weekly blog today (Friday, 3 February 2012).

It is encouraging to see that the European debate is shifting towards a greater urgency for jobs and growth, James Elles, the Conservative parliamentarian, has commented in his weekly blog today (Friday, 3 February 2012).

The global internet revolution which empowered those in the Arab world has important lessons for British politicians, European parliamentarian James Elles said at the weekend.

In a week that the Government has announced the go-ahead for HS2, the Thames Valley’s European MP believes Britain could learn a good deal from its EU neighbours on transport policy, including the Dutch experience of high-speed trains.

“The All-Party Group on Kashmir was founded in 2002. Its purpose is to provide a platform for all those concerned with raising the profile of Kashmir...

At the end of a turbulent Autumn for the financial markets, with talk of further steps towards integration in the eurozone, it is reassuring, James Elles notes, that Europeans celebrate Christmas in different ways in accordance with their regions. You will find attached a summary of how Europeans spend Christmas according to country, dates celebrated, food eaten, gifts exchanged and other traditions.

This week nearly 100 experts converged on Brussels for the publication of Global Trends 2030, the first document launched by the new European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (ESPAS).

James Elles, the European MP who has special Conservative responsibility for the Thames Valley, has played an important role in obtaining better ‘value for money’ in the coming year’s budget for the European Parliament.

Conservative MEPs were today (Wednesday) arguing forcefully for a freeze in the European Union's budget, in acknowledgment of the global economic crisis and austerity measures being implemented by domestic governments across the continent. 

By the last quarter of the century, our world may just have an inexhaustible, environmentally benign and universally available resource of energy, thanks to research and development carried out in Oxfordshire, James Elles said this week.

Faced with increasing signs that the UK economy is faltering, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire European MP James Elles has again called into question the multi-billion cost of HS2, the high-speed rail link between London and Birmingham.

The internet, which can be responsible for a fifth of the country’s GDP growth, must be universal in the UK and should be available in equal measure to those who live in urban and rural areas.

Conservative European MP James Elles, resuming his weekly blog after the summer recess, poses a question: “Why is it that the Prime Minister David Cameron does not think the time is ripe to have a referendum on British membership of the EU?”

James Elles’s 18-month campaign for better broadband and mobile phone signal in the Thames Valley has had local radio and television exposure as the BBC announced the results of a first in-depth national survey into the state of mobile Britain.

Oxfordshire-based Mr Elles gives a regular briefing on European matters to business leaders at the Oxford offices of Grant Thornton.

The case for constructing the high speed rail link (HS2) through the Chilterns is still seriously flawed and the public could get better value in making Britain more competitive in the 21st century, 

If the European Union and the United States still wish to have a real say in the global decision making by 2030, the transatlantic partners must shape a substantial action programme.

James Elles, who has been campaigning for better mobile telephone reception in the Thames Valley, has welcomed new European Commission plans.

James Elles, the Conservatives’ spokesman on budgets, is continuing his fight for a “freeze” in the EU’s 2012 budget.

European MP James Elles paid visit to the Milton Keynes Dons Sport and Education Trust (SET) during a day-long fact-finding tour of Milton Keynes.

European Conservative MP James Elles has received reassurances from the European Commission about environment impacts arising from the HS2 proposal and the rules of obtaining any European money to subsidise such a project.

James Elles, the chairman of the European Parliament’s All-Party Group for Kashmir, in welcoming the delegates said he hoped that this fifth discourse would build on the fourth discourse held in 2008 and make progress on determining a way forward.

The European Commission responded to the Written Questions submitted by James Elles on 4 March 2011.

The share of Europe’s population aged 80 and above will rise from 4 per cent now to 12 per cent in 2060, James Elles, the European parliamentarian, has warned.

Conservative MEPs are taking the lead in calling for a freeze on EU budget increases.   James Elles, the British Conservatives’ spokesman on budgets, also wants to make sure no Member State is required to pay a net budget contribution greater than 0.25 per cent of its GDP.

James Elles submits 28 written questions on HS2 to the European Commission

The proposed £30 billion expense of HS2 – the high speed rail link from London to Birmingham – as currently put forward by the Government, without having really thought through not only the alternatives ...

James Elles, the European MP for the Thames Valley, today welcomed two decisions by the European Parliament which will bring additional benefits to British industries...

 Nearly 100 people attended a lively debate on the Alternative Vote Referendum on Thursday 5th May...

A Thames Valley seminar on the alternative vote referendum to be held in May found that a large proportion of delegates knew very little about how an AV voting system would work...

The past 25 years will go down in the history books as a remarkable period of change.  The following pages answer the question: “What has James Elles MEP achieved over the past 25 years?”