http://brecon-radnor-libdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Brecon and Radnorshire Liberal Democrats en-GB Brecon and Radnorshire Liberal Democrats http://brecon-radnor-libdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Brecon and Radnorshire Liberal Democrats 2010-03-11T13:21+00:00 United Kingdom http://brecon-radnor-libdems.org.uk/news/000320/am_and_councillor_welcome_flood_relief_money_for_talgarth.html Kirsty Williams AM for Brecon and Radnorshire has welcomed an announcement from Environment Minister Jane Davidson that will award funding for flood management on the River Ennig at Talgarth. 2010-02-11T00:00+00:00 http://brecon-radnor-libdems.org.uk/news/000319/deminimus_payment_must_be_introduced_for_sps__williams.html Roger Williams, MP for Brecon and Radnorshire and Liberal Democrat Food and Rural Affairs spokesperson, has called for the Government to bring in a deminimus payment for the Single Payment Scheme (SPS) after figures revealed that a minimum payment of £0.01 was made in each of the last 4 years. 2010-02-09T00:00+00:00 http://brecon-radnor-libdems.org.uk/news/000318/williams_welcomes_legg_report.html Roger Williams, MP for Brecon and Radnorshire, has welcomed the publication of the Legg report, which showed 374 MPs having to repay a total of £1.12m. 2010-02-08T00:00+00:00 http://brecon-radnor-libdems.org.uk/news/000317/tory_inheritance_tax_plans_show_lack_of_fairness__williams.html Roger Williams, the MP for Brecon and Radnorshire and Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Wales, has today said that Conservative plans to increase the inheritance tax threshold shows they are only committed helping to the wealthiest few. 2010-02-08T00:00+00:00 http://brecon-radnor-libdems.org.uk/news/000316/government_must_resist_attempts_to_allow_new_forms_of_whaling__williams.html Roger Williams, MP for Brecon and Radnorshire and Liberal Democrat Food and Rural Affairs spokesperson, used today's DEFRA Oral Questions to press for a guarantee from the Minister that the British Government would resist all attempts to allow a new form of whaling, known as 'coastal whaling.' 2010-02-05T00:00+00:00 http://brecon-radnor-libdems.org.uk/news/000315/government_fiddles_while_barnett_burns_wales_williams.html Roger Williams, the MP for Brecon and Radnorshire and Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Wales, has said that the Government's refusal to act on reform of the Barnett Formula treats Welsh people as Second Class Citizens. 2010-02-04T00:00+00:00 http://brecon-radnor-libdems.org.uk/news/000314/less_than_1000_post_office_left_in_wales__williams.html Roger Williams, MP for Brecon and Radnorshire and Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Wales has today warned that the Government's Post Office closure programme is destroying the Welsh Post Office network. 2010-02-03T00:00+00:00 http://brecon-radnor-libdems.org.uk/news/000313/group_leader_calls_for_investigation_into_leak.html Today Cllr Leslie Davies, Leader of the Lib Dem Group and Deputy Leader of Powys County Council, has made a call for full investigation into the release of a confidential internal document on Secondary Schools Modernisation to the media. 2010-01-22T00:00+00:00 http://brecon-radnor-libdems.org.uk/news/000312/support_needed_for_welsh_construction_says_williams.html Roger Williams, MP for Brecon and Radnorshire and Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Wales, has today warned that urgent action is needed to halt job losses in the Welsh and construction industry. 2010-01-20T00:00+00:00 http://brecon-radnor-libdems.org.uk/news/000311/councillor_on_mission_to_save_powys_playgrounds.html Bronllys County Councillor, Clair Powell, has today launched a petition to save playground equipment across Powys. Her campaign has been prompted after she received a letter from the Councils Outdoor Recreation officer stating that the play equipment in Neuadd Terrace in Bronllys had been found to be unsafe and will be removed by early February. 2010-01-18T00:00+00:00 http://brecon-radnor-libdems.org.uk/news/000310/mp_positive_about_innovative_crosfield_house_plan.html Brecon & Radnorshire's MP Roger Williams has praised innovative proposals for the future running of Crosfield House Residential and Nursing Home in Rhayader, Powys, which could involve the home being run under a social enterprise scheme, rather than it being sold to another provider. Expert advice on that option is being provided and legal advice and guidance has been sought from the Welsh Government. 2009-12-03T00:00+00:00 http://brecon-radnor-libdems.org.uk/news/000309/commenting_on_carwyn_jones_election_as_leader_of_the_welsh_labour_party_kirsty_williams_leader_of_the_welsh_liberal_democrats_said.html "I send Carwyn Jones my warm congratulations on becoming the leader of the Welsh Labour Party. He will now become First Minister and needs to hit the ground running. There are many problems in Wales that need addressing; the struggling economy, poor health service and an education system facing big cuts. 2009-12-01T00:00+00:00 http://brecon-radnor-libdems.org.uk/news/000308/kirsty_williams_unethical_drug_trading_leaves_welsh_patients_desperate_for_the_drugs_they_need.html The Welsh Liberal Democrats are calling upon the Welsh Government to hold urgent talks with the UK government in order to address an emerging crisis in medicinal drug availability. 2009-12-01T00:00+00:00 http://brecon-radnor-libdems.org.uk/news/000307/lib_dem_tax_plans_will_see_36100_powys_residents_better_off.html Kirsty Williams and Roger Williams, AM and MP for Brecon and Radnorshire have today outlined how Liberal Democrat tax proposals will benefit 36,100 taxpayers in Powys. Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg and Shadow Chancellor Vince Cable launched the fair tax proposals on Monday in London labelling them the "most radical, reforming tax plans from any political party in many years." 2009-12-01T00:00+00:00 http://brecon-radnor-libdems.org.uk/news/000306/help_consumers_save_money_and_save_the_planet__welsh_lib_dems.html Today, the Welsh Liberal Democrats called for the Government to launch an ambitious national 'green loans' scheme to fund energy efficiency upgrades and the installation of household renewables in every single Welsh home by 2020, and to promote the idea that going green can cut people's bills. 2009-12-01T00:00+00:00