I have been nominated as the Welsh Liberal Democrat candidate for Coedffranc Central on the county borough council and for Coedffranc East Central on the town council.

The close result in the community council by-election for the Coedffranc North ward has encouraged me that I stand a chance in the county borough election in May. Watch this space.

Welsh Liberal Democrats understand the importance of supporting children and families. That’s why we’re calling for free universal child-care for children from 9 months old to school age. So many parents have been struggling to cope juggling work, domestic duties and childcare. It’s time families in Wales got the support they deserved. To enact free child care we […]

Thanks to Liberal Democrat Voice for the following The Make Votes Matter website is a great resource, including details of the ways in which PR often leads to a reduction in inequality, better minority representation, greater political engagement and voter turnout and swifter and stronger action against climate change.  In short, -how PR leads to better government. […]

https://www.libdems.org.uk/vote-pledge

Apart from the fact that I have friends in Tonmawr and that I would dearly love to get back on the council to add to the Independents & Democrats holding the administration to account over housing and financial matters, I have great affection for Pontrhydyfen, Efail Fach and the rest of the Pelenna ward. It […]

I have had a reply to my moan about mobile phone coverage from O2. (I declare an interest in that I am on Tesco Mobile which piggy-backs on the O2 network.) Hello Frank ? We can assure you that we’re busy building a faster network with more capacity. We’re investing up to £2 million daily […]

I have sent messages to O2 and Vodafone via their Facebook pages asking about plans to improve their coverage. I expect others have done the same. If EE can provide a decent signal, why can’t those two?

We knew it was going to be tough, so we are not too disappointed. Result: Independent 699, Labour 293, Plaid Cymru 121, Conservative 34, Sheila Kingston-Jones (Liberal Democrat) 23.

The Liberal Democrat candidate for the by-election next month will be Sheila Kingston-Jones.