Shortly before the conference recess, I spoke in Albert Owen MP's Westminster Hall debate on Energy in Wales. I called for the Government to proceed with the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon. … [Read more...]
Radio Tircoed interview
I appeared on Wyn Thomas's Radio Tircoed show on 3rd August to discuss many topics such as the Kid's Lunch Club, children's funeral fund, state pension inequality and rail electrification. You can listen to my interview here: … [Read more...]
Letter to Chris Grayling
Yesterday I wrote to Chris Grayling MP, Secretary of State for Transport, to express my anger and frustration over the scrapped rail electrification plans. Here is the letter in full, as I feel correspondence such as this should be available to all the people who are affected. … [Read more...]
Rail electrification between Cardiff and Swansea scrapped
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling MP announced this morning (20 July) in an article for Wales Online that the Government has scrapped plans to electrify the main train line between Swansea and Cardiff. This comes just days after the decision to award £6.6bn worth of contracts as part of the next phase of the high speed rail network between London and Birmingham. Carolyn Harris, MP for … [Read more...]
