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02 June 2009 - Kirsty Williams slams Labour-Plaid failure to get European money working for Wales.
Just days before the polls open for European Election, Kirsty Williams has slammed the Welsh Assembly Government for failing to use available European money in support of Welsh businesses. Williams says the failure to deliver support to a leading edge Welsh firm in Bangor is typical of the long term mismanagement of European money by Labour and Plaid Cymru.
01 June 2009 - Welsh Liberal Democrats meet with Farmer's Union of Wales to discuss smarter European Policies.
Lead Welsh Liberal Democrat candidate Alan Butt Philip was in Welshpool this morning as the biggest campaign ever mounted by the Welsh Liberal Democrats for a European election, heads into its final days.
28 May 2009 - Kirsty Williams calls on Welsh people to Take Back their Power over Politics
Kirsty Williams, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats has called on voters across Wales to seize the chance to reform politics in Westminster and in Cardiff Bay. The Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg today launched a 100 day plan of action for reform of Parliament and online petition at www.takebackpower.org .
28 May 2009 - Welsh Liberal Democrats lead the way with tough and transparent code of conduct for European candidates.
Welsh Liberal Democrat European election candidates have left their rivals on the gravy train to Brussels, having signed up to a code of conduct that goes well beyond the relaxed European expenses regime and the vague promises made by Plaid, Labour and Conservatives candidates.
27 May 2009 - Alan Butt Philip leads Welsh Lib Dem calls for a green Wales in a Sustainable Europe.
Alan Butt Philip begins two days of visits focusing on sustainable development in Wales and across Europe.
22 May 2009 - Kirsty Williams calls for urgent action to match the words in new Assembly Government Sustainability Strategy
Commenting on the launch of the Assembly Government's new Sustainable Development Strategy, Kirsty Williams, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, said:
19 May 2009 - Deputy First Minister not responding to economic crisis
Kirsty Williams, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats has today questioned whether Ieuan Wyn Jones is capable of running two busy and important government departments while being the Deputy First Minister during the worst economic downturn Wales has seen in decades.
19 May 2009 - Conservative red-tape policy would let dangerous criminals roam free in Wales and Europe
The Welsh Liberal Democrats have learned that the European Arrest Warrant, opposed by the Conservatives in Europe, has dramatically increased the safety of Wales, the U.K. and Europe as a whole. 335 dangerous criminals would have walked free under Conservative policy on Europe, according to research by the Liberal Democrats.
12 May 2009 - Welsh Lib Dems to tackle recession with radical manifesto
Following on from the highly successful campaign launch yesterday, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats Kirsty Williams today unveiled the party’s radical manifesto for a liberal Europe.
11 May 2009 - Welsh Liberal Democrats launch European election campaign.
The Welsh Liberal Democrats have today launched their campaign to send a Welsh Lib Dem to the European Parliament in June.
05 May 2009 - Kirsty Williams leads Welsh Lib Dem calls for Immediate Assembly Government Spending Review
Kirsty Williams will today call upon the Welsh Assembly Government to undertake an immediate, emergency spending review.
28 April 2009 - Press Release: Kirsty Williams asks First Minister if Assembly Economy Department is fit for purpose.
Kirsty Williams, Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats has written to the First Minister, Rhodri Morgan asking for his assurance that the Department of Economy and Transport is being sufficiently well managed to deliver the help Welsh business needs during the recession.
18 April 2009 - Press Release: Kirsty Williams Pulls no Punches, Wowing Conference in Debut Speech as Welsh Liberal Democrat Leader
Kirsty Williams speech to Welsh Liberal Democrats Spring Conference
17 April 2009 - Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg MP and Kirsty Williams AM visit University Wales Hospital’s sick and premature babies
Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats and Kirsty Williams, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats is today visiting the staff caring for sick and premature babies in the neonatal unit at the University Wales Hospital. The visit, organised by Bliss, the special care baby charity, aims to raise awareness of the provision of care available for premature and sick newborns in the UK and the issues their parents face.
16 April 2009 - Wales and West of England Lib Dems Propose Severn tidal Solutions
A forum of inquiry established by Liberal Democrat MPs, Assembly Members and councillors in the West of England and Wales is today publishing a blueprint for harnessing the tidal power of the Severn Estuary.
14 April 2009 - Adonis snub is tacit admission of Wales rail failure - Randerson
Welsh Lib Dem Shadow Transport Minister, Jenny Randerson AM has accused the Transport Minister, Lord Adonis of a tacit admission of the state of Wales’ ‘atrocious’ rail infrastructure after completely missing the country off of his planned rail tour of Britain.
14 April 2009 - Wasteful VAT cut is not helping Wales’ poorest - Randerson
Welsh Lib Dem Shadow Economy Minister, Jenny Randerson AM has highlighted figures showing that Gordon Brown’s wasteful VAT cut is only benefiting the rich.
07 April 2009 - Peter Black AM comments on alcohol report
Commenting on the release of the Profile of Alcohol and Health in Wales 2009, which showed Wales has the highest percentage of under 13’s abusing alcohol in the UK, the Welsh Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Minister Peter Black said
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