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.
Ben Lake elected as the MP for Ceredigion Preseli
In the early hours of Friday morning (5 July), it was announced that Ben Lake will be the Member of Parliament for Ceredigion Preseli. Ben Lake defied the red wave that swept across the UK and retained his place in Westminster, winning with a majority of 14,789.
Further support announced for review of 20mph speed limits
Senedd Member Elin Jones MS this week presented Ceredigion County Council with a report highlighting areas in Ceredigion where communities want to see changes made to the 20mph speed limits.
£10.8M to Improve Aberystwyth Prom and Castle
Ceredigion County Council have been successful with an application for £10.8 million from the Community Prosperity Funding grant to make improvements along the seafront area from the Harbour to the Pier and to the Old College. Among the improvements will be a safe pedestrian zone and a new cycle path which will go from the Pier to the Harbour and will join the National Cycle Path which, at the moment, only reaches Trefechan
Elin Jones MS welcomes delay to the SFS
Elin Jones MS welcomes announcement from the Minister with responsibility for agriculture of the delay to the introduction of the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS), the source of the concerns raised at protests by the farming community earlier this year.
Ceredigion MP urges UK Government to confirm graduate visa will stay following report
Report says scrapping graduate-route visa could ‘disproportionately impact local and regional economies outside London and South East’