Harlow's Liberal Democrat leader Cllr Chris Millington is encouraging local residents to sign a petition calling for one home for the European Parliament.

At the moment, while the European Parliament sits most of the time in Brussels, its constitution requires it to spend twelve days a year (one day a month) sitting at Strasbourg - at a cost to taxpayers across Europe of 200 million euros a year.

Swedish Liberal MEP Cecilia Malstrom has started a petition to end this requirement, and needs 1 million signatures to force a discussion on the issue. With over 925,000 signatures already, she is within striking distance of the target. Chris Millington says:

"If anyone hasn't yet signed this petition and would like to, please visit the campaign website where there is more background information and an online petition form."