Responding to the Spring Budget today, Liberal Democrat candidate for Brecon and Radnorshire, David Chadwick, has condemned the Government's plans to increase energy bills as “so out of touch they might as well be on a different planet.”
Powys Liberal Democrats have urged the county’s two Conservative MPs Fay Jones and Craig Williams to back introducing energy price relief schemes for leisure centres in the upcoming UK Government budget.
The crisis in NHS dentistry in Powys looks set to get even worse following the publication of figures this week by the Welsh Government that show 20% of dentists in Wales are approaching retirement.
Welsh Liberal Democrat-led Powys County Council has approved its Budget for 2023-2024 against unprecedented pressures, approving spending plans of more than £326 million and keeping the council tax at less than half the rate of inflation.
Concerns have been raised today in the Senedd over the rail service on the Cambrian Line which runs through Mid Wales.
During a Senedd debate today, Welsh Liberal Democrat Leader and Mid and West Wales Senedd Member Jane Dodds raised the plight of foodbanks across Montgomeryshire as they struggle with increased demand and stretched resources amid the cost-of-living crisis. Jane Dodds was questioning the Labour Minister of Social Justice Jane Hutt in response to a question on child poverty tabled by Montgomeryshire’s Conservative MS Russell George.
The Watford Lib Dems can now unveil our dedicated candidates for the upcoming County Council elections, building on a proud record of delivering real change and success in Watford.
In response to the news that Wales is the least affordable region in Britain for first-time buyers, with Powys ranking as the second least affordable area in the UK, Welsh Liberal Democrat MP for Brecon, Radnor, and Cwm Tawe, David Chadwick, said:
Responding to the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, comments on corridor care in Wales, Welsh Liberal Democrat Leader Jane Dodds MS said:
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