Ben Lake MP welcomes bill to strengthen law to prevent livestock attacks
This week (Wednesday, 24 April) the Dogs (Protection of Livestock)(Amendment) Bill took an important step closer to becoming law, as it successfully passed the Committee stage in the House of Commons.
Ben Lake MP raises issues of rural connectivity during Public Accounts Committee evidence session
On 22 April 2024, the Public Accounts Committee took oral evidence on supporting mobile connectivity. Sarah Munby (Permanent Secretary at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology), Emran Mian CB OBE (Director General for Digital, Technology and Telecoms at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology), and Dean Creamer CBE (Chief Executive at Building Digital UK) gave evidence
MP and People’s Postcode Lottery join up to help Ceredigion charities
Ben Lake MP will take part in a virtual funding workshop with People’s Postcode Lottery and CAVO for local charities, volunteer organisations, and community groups.
The session will give good causes in Ceredigion advice on how to apply for funds to make even more of a difference in our communities.
Councillor group support event to remember children killed in Gaza
The Plaid Cymru Ceredigion Councillor Group welcomes and supports the event which will be held on the Prom in Aberystwyth on Saturday 27th April: The Pebbles Remember the Children who've been killed.
New mobile coverage in Ceredigion welcomed
Mobile coverage in rural parts of Ceredigion has been significantly improved after EE revealed today it has upgraded or built more than 10 masts in the county in the last three years.
The upgrades have been welcomed by Ceredigion MP Ben Lake.
Closing banks: another hit for the high street
Yesterday, it was announced that Halifax in Aberystwyth and Lloyds bank in Cardigan will be closing their branches this summer.
Senedd tributes to RNLI as charity marks 200 years
Cefin Campbell, Plaid Cymru Member of the Senedd for Mid & West Wales led tributes in the Senedd to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), as the charity celebrated 200 years since its foundation this week.
Budget: Focus on investment, not cuts for short-term political gain – Plaid Cymru
Westminster Budget discussion ‘divorced from reality’ – Ben Lake MP
Ahead of the Spring Budget (Wednesday 6 March), Plaid Cymru’s Treasury Spokesperson, Ben Lake MP, has warned that the Chancellor would be wrong to make “further cuts to public services” in order announce a “tax cut for short-term electoral gain”.
Wellies exhibition at the Senedd
Martin Griffiths, Ffosgrafel Uchaf Farm and Deputy Chair of NFU Wales Ceredigion stands with Elin Jones MS and other members of NFU Cymru at the steps of the Senedd.
Today Welsh farmers came together to create an exhibition of 5,500 pair of wellingtons on the steps of the Senedd, representing the jobs forecast to be lost within the industry through the Welsh Government’s Sustainable Farming Scheme proposals.
Budget must tackle wealth divide to invest in services – Plaid Cymru
Reform of Capital Gains Tax could generate up to £15.2 billion annually for public services