Welsh MPs urged to vote for Gaza ceasefire ahead of Wednesday vote

Plaid Cymru’s Westminster leader, Liz Saville Roberts MP, has today (Monday 19 February) urged all Welsh MPs to vote in favour of a motion calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Israel.

Statkraft has welcomed politicians from the Senedd and House of Commons to its Rheidol hydropower plant, which is celebrating 60 years since its official opening during 2024.

On Friday (16 February) Ben Lake MP visited the new base of Papyrus on the campus of Aberystwyth University. PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide is a UK charity dedicated to the prevention of suicide and the promotion of positive mental health and emotional wellbeing in young people. The national charity PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide is expanding and now has four offices across Wales: in Cardiff, Carmarthen, Conwy and Aberystwyth.

Plaid Cymru has ruled out supporting reform of the school year if new school terms clash with the Royal Welsh Agricultural Show or the National Eisteddfod of Wales.

Ben Lake MP and 56 other MPs have written a joint letter to Nikhil Rathi, Chief Executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), urging him to change the rules around banking hubs.

The Welsh Government has announced that rail fares in Wales will increase by 4.9% to meet rising costs.

Ben Lake says Welsh public services ‘need urgent financial support’

Plaid Cymru’s Treasury spokesperson, Ben Lake MP, has today (Wednesday 7 February) written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer calling for a review of the Barnett formula to ensure “fair funding for Wales”, after the commitment of a £3.3 billion funding package for Northern Ireland, including over £1 billion earmarked for supporting public services.

The Office of Rail and Road launched an investigation into poor train punctuality and reliability in the Network Rail Wales & Western region late last year.

The investigation follows a continued deterioration in performance in this region at a time when the wider network across Great Britain has seen performance stabilising.

Dear Ceredigion resident, 

I’m writing directly to you, the residents and ratepayers of Ceredigion, in order to explain the extraordinarily difficult financial situation faced by your Council. Over the next few weeks, all councillors will be faced with decisions on setting next year’s budget and I wanted you to be aware of the financial pressures we're under. I have been a councillor for over 10 years and the Council Leader for less than 2 years. I have never known such a challenging financial situation.  

On Monday, 22 January, Ben Lake MP demanded fairer trading practices in the food supply chain during a debate in Westminster on the ‘Groceries Supply Code of Practice’.  

The debate was triggered following a petition calling on the UK Government to amend the Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP) to require retailers, “without exception”, to: “Buy what they agreed to buy, Pay what they agreed to pay [and] Pay on time”.