Cllr. Ed Bridges to step down in 2017
Cllr. Ed Bridges, who has represented Gabalfa & Mynachdy for the Liberal Democrats since 2004, has announced his intention to step down at the next local elections.
Read moreLiberal Democrats successful in improving playground
Liberal Democrats in Gabalfa and Cathays have been successful in their campaign to improve the playground at Gelligaer Street.
Read moreCardiff Labour Council’s recycling rates fall again
Cardiff’s Liberal Democrats have hit out at Labour-run Cardiff Council following yet another fall in the local authority’s recycling rates.
Read moreLib Dems publish 2015 Cardiff manifesto
Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Kirsty Williams joined local candidates to launch her party’s general election manifesto for Cardiff.
Read moreMiliband is a threat to our economic recovery
Ed Miliband and the Labour party are a threat to the economic recovery, Jenny Willott MP has argued today. She has also accused Ed Miliband of talking down a Cardiff City Deal.
Read moreJenny welcomes first steps towards tidal lagoon between Cardiff and Newport
Jenny Willott, the Liberal Democrat MP for Cardiff Central, has welcomed the first steps towards the delivery of full-scale tidal lagoon infrastructure in the UK with the submission of an Environmental Impact Assessment scoping report for a tidal lagoon between Cardiff and Newport.
The Tidal Lagoon in Cardiff could power all Welsh homes for 120 years and would be the UK’s first full-scale tidal lagoon power plant. The lagoon would generate power for approximately 14 hours each day and could be powered on in 2022.
An Environment Impact Assessment scoping document seeks comment on all of the survey work proposed to support an eventual robust planning application for a Nationally Significant Infrastructure project.
Tidal Lagoon Power Limited expects to submit a full planning application for Tidal Lagoon Cardiff in 2017, with a decision then expected in 2018. The lagoon will take up to five years to build.
Commenting, Jenny Willott MP, said:
“This is an exciting proposal that would make use of Cardiff’s natural resources and allow us to generate electricity in a more affordable, reliable and environmentally friendly way. It is still early days but I welcome today’s news and look forward to hearing about further developments.”
Labour Council Budget shambles “a missed opportunity”
The shambles seen at tonight's Cardiff Council budget meeting is “a missed opportunity” to save key services and limit council tax increases, the Cardiff Lib Dems have said.
Read moreAnimal protection campaign welcomes stance of Jenny Willott MP
Animal protection campaigners today welcomed the support of Cardiff Central’s local Liberal Democrat MP Jenny Willott for important advances in the effort to reduce the use of animals in laboratories.
Read moreJenny welcomes students from Cardiff and Vale College to Parliament
Jenny Willott, the Liberal Democrat MP for Cardiff Central, has been visited at the Houses of Commons by students from Cardiff and Vale College.
Jenny signs Wildlife and Countryside Link’s Marine Charter
Jenny Willott, the Liberal Democrat MP for Cardiff Central, has signed the Wildlife and Countryside Link’s Marine Charter to help improve the health, diversity and productivity of our seas.
The Marine Charter calls for a network of Marine Protected Areas in UK seas and is an initiative of the Wildlife and Countryside Link, which is an umbrella body, whose purpose is to bring together voluntary organisations in the UK to protect and enhance the marine environment, wildlife and the countryside.
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