Calling on the Welsh Government to rescue Lampeter university campus
Following the recent announcement by the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) of the proposal end undergraduate teaching at Lampeter campus at the end of the academic year, Ben and Elin are calling on the Welsh Government to support the university to maintain teaching at the campus.
Plaid Cymru representatives call for moratorium from GreenGEN on compulsory land access
Plaid Cymru local and regional representatives across Mid and West Wales in both the Senedd and UK Parliament have united to call on the company GreenGen to pause their ongoing plans to utilise compulsory land access powers recently granted by OFGEM.
Plaid Cymru calls on Natural Resources Wales to act quickly to secure the future of visitor centres
Catering and retail offerings at three visitor centres will cease as part of organisational cost saving plans by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) leading to job cuts and a gap in services.
Ben Lake MP demands fair funding: Labour must give Wales its £4 billion in Budget
Chancellor urged to put local government funding back on a sustainable footing
Plaid Cymru councillors are urging the new Chancellor to put local government funding back on a sustainable footing.
Elin Jones MS and Ben Lake MP urge Health Board not to close Tregaron Hospital
Elin Jones MS and Ben Lake MP have called upon members of the Hywel Dda Health Board to keep the in-patient beds at Tregaron Hospital until a point that the Cylch Caron Integrated Health Care Centre is up and running.
Plaid Cymru MP calls for government-led campaign to halt rural population decline
Wales should follow example of Western Australia in attracting doctors and nurses, says Ben Lake MP
Plaid Cymru MP for Ceredigion Preseli, Ben Lake, has said that Wales should follow the lead of regions like Western Australia in attracting workers to fill skill shortages in public services through promotional campaigns.
Elin Jones MS encourages everyone to voice their concerns on Tregaron Hospital
Hywel Dda Health Board is seeking your comments on the proposed changes to care at Tregaron hospital to be more community-focused, and Elin wants to see as many people responding to the engagement process as possible.
King’s Speech: Plaid Cymru table amendment to deliver fair funding for Welsh public services
Ben Lake MP says party is being a ‘serious and constructive opposition’ to Labour UK Government
Plaid Cymru Treasury spokesperson, Ben Lake MP, has today (Tuesday 16 July) tabled an amendment to the King’s Speech to put Welsh public services “back on a sustainable footing” through a needs-based funding formula.
Plaid Cymru urges immediate restoration of funding for UN Palestinian refugee agency
Ben Lake MP writes to Foreign Secretary urging restoration of UK’s UNRWA funding
Plaid Cymru Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, Ben Lake MP, has today (Thursday 11 July) issued a call to the newly appointed Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, David Lammy MP, to urgently restore funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). This appeal comes in response to the severe humanitarian crisis currently unfolding in Gaza.