Nerys Evans' speech today outlines Plaid's Education policy as well as their own failure. Welsh Liberal Democrat Education spokesperson, Jenny Randerson AM, said:

"It is astonishing that Plaid Cymru have decided to attack their own record in Government. They have been in Government for four years and have not even tried to close the funding gap of over £600 per pupil per year.

Responding to the announcement made by Labour-Plaid Education Minister Leighton Andrews, Jenny Randerson, Welsh Liberal Democrat Shadow Education Minister said:

"This statement today, which has had to be prised out the Education Minister, is a response to two damning reports and it is clearly an admission of failure by the Labour-led administration over the past decade.

New figures released by the Welsh Liberal Democrats have revealed that Conservative budget proposals could see the spending gap between England and Wales rise to £881 per pupil.

The new figures come the day after it was revealed that the Labour-Plaid government has allowed the spending gap per pupil to rise to a record level of £604 per pupil.

Responding to the news that the Labour-Plaid government has allowed the spending gap per pupil to rise to a record level of £604 per pupil, Jenny Randerson AM, Welsh Liberal Democrat Shadow Education Minister said:

"This is yet more evidence that the Labour-Plaid government is failing our children. The Welsh Liberal Democrats have warned for years that the spending gap of £500 per pupil between England and Wales would have disastrous consequences. The impact of having Plaid Cymru in the government with Labour is that the spending gap has grown to over £600.

The Welsh Liberal Democrats will today urge the Labour-Plaid Government to ensure that more is done to protect the high streets and towns of Wales. During the debate in the Senedd, the Welsh Liberal Democrats will call on the Labour-Plaid Government to

• Improve conditions for businesses in town centres by allowing local authorities to regenerate areas through Tax Increment Financing
• Support small businesses by reducing bureaucratic red tape
• Improve transport access to town centres

Jenny Randerson, Welsh Liberal Democrat Shadow Education Minister, has branded the results announced today in the OECDs Programme for International Student Assessment as 'disastrous'.

The results show that Welsh students have fallen behind in reading, mathematics and science. In both reading and mathematics, Wales' mean score was significantly lower than the OECD average, Scotland, Northern Ireland and England. In science, maths and reading, Wales' performance and international ranking is lower than in 2006.

Welsh Liberal Democrats have today selected their candidates who will fight the South Wales Central regional elections to the National Assembly for Wales in May 2011.

A democratic all member ballot in South Wales Central selected the following to stand as Welsh Liberal Democrat candidates for the elections in 2011:

Cardiff Central's Welsh Liberal Democrat MP and AM, Jenny Willott and Jenny Randerson today visited the Hollies schoolin Pentwyn and formally opened the new sensory unit which will providefurther support to pupils at the school.

Funding for the unit was provided by Panasonic PLC and community groups. Jenny Willott MP said: "It is wonderful that Panasonic and other community groups chose to support such an important project in Pentwyn. Jenny (Randerson) and I would like to pay tribute to all the work that staff and pupils do at the school, and we hope that this unit makes life the school day even more enjoyable for the children."

Three of the twelve devolved countries and English regions saw falls over the last year. Wales had the largest percentage decreases in the value of exports (down 15.6 per cent).

Shadow Economic Development spokesperson Jenny Randerson AM said "The drop in exports is extremely concerning as the internal market is obviously fairly small.

Welsh firms are missing out on multi million pound Olympic contracts as the Scottish and Northern Irish governments leave Wales trailing. Wales won just £570,000 worth of Tier One Olympic Contracts, compared to £17 million for Northern Ireland and £22 million for Scotland.

New Freedom of Information requests placed by the Welsh Liberal Democrats have revealed that there has been no written correspondence between the Welsh Ministers and the Olympic Delivery Authority in the last three years.