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DAVIES: “Light Senedd in colours of Union Flag to mark VE Day”
South Wales Central MS and former Welsh Conservative Senedd Leader Andrew RT Davies has written to the Senedd’s Presiding Officer urging that the building be lit in red, white and blue to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day. Mr Davies said the...
VALE PUBS FACING “PERFECT STORM” SAYS DAVIES AS HE EMBARKS ON PUB TOUR
Andrew RT Davies says Vale pubs are facing a “perfect storm” that may lead to the closure of many of the county’s best-known watering holes. Mr Davies visited Hare and Hounds in Aberthin, where he spoke to owner Sarah Watts-Jonesand heard about how energy rates,...
DAVIES: “Unions are right: ideological green agenda is costing Welsh jobs”
South Wales Central MS and former Welsh Conservative Senedd Leader Andrew RT Davies has backed trade unions' warnings that an ideological green agenda is costing Welsh jobs. Unite the Union, GMB Union and former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair all criticised the...
DAVIES: “Urgent action needed to make A48 safer”
South Wales Central MS Andrew RT Davies has called on Senedd ministers to take urgent action to improve safety on the A48 in the Vale of Glamorgan following a series of tragic fatalities. Speaking in the Senedd, Mr Davies highlighted that ten people have died on the...
DAVIES: “300 Dow job losses would be hammer blow to Barry’s economy”
South Wales Central MS and Former Welsh Conservative Senedd Leader Andrew RT Davies has expressed deep concern at news that up to 300 jobs are at risk at Dow's Barry site over the next three to four years. The site has long been a cornerstone of high-skilled...
DAVIES: “Kneecap appearance exposes the ugly reality of Welsh independence”
South Wales Central MS Andrew RT Davies has condemned the organisers of a Welsh independence march in Barry after a video message from extremist Irish Republican group Kneecap was played to crowds at the event. Kneecap – a group who have called for the murder of MPs,...
DAVIES: “Our party must face up to where – and who – globalisation has failed”
"I cannot in good conscience look Welsh steelworkers in the eye when TATA are opening new blast furnaces in India, yet are shutting down capacity in Port Talbot." When I made these comments in a TV interview last year, I was criticised by Labour and Plaid Cymru...
DAVIES: “Labour cuts to rail funding a bitter blow to South Wales”
South Wales Central MS and Former Welsh Conservative Senedd Leader Andrew RT Davies has condemned the Labour Government’s decision to cut funding to the Western Gateway – a cross-border initiative designed to boost economic links and rail connectivity between South...
DAVIES: “Vale sewage discharges unacceptable”
South Wales Central MS Andrew RT Davies has slammed the scale of sewage discharges in the Vale of Glamorgan after it emerged that three of the ten worst sites in Wales are located in the county. Penarth Beach, Whitmore Bay on Barry Island and Jackson’s Bay were all...
EASTER MESSAGE
Today is Good Friday – the most solemn day in the Christian calendar. As we mark this moment in Holy Week, it's right that we pause to reflect on its meaning – and that of Easter as Christianity’s most important festival. Britain is a proudly Christian country....