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Carmarthenshire Liberal Democrats

County Council Elections - Manifesto 2012

Regional Assembly Member

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Welcome to Carmarthenshire Liberal Democrats

River Tywi and Carmarthenshire County Hall

Open countryside near St Clears

Who We Are

Carmarthenshire Liberal Democrats are a group of Liberal Democrat members and supporters who are the present-day inheritors of a proud Welsh Liberal tradition. The roots of the old Welsh Liberal Party go back a long way and run deep in the County. Historically, Carmarthenshire was a Liberal County and many of the communities within it still retain strong Liberal values.

Local Liberal Democrats are committed to reviving that Liberal tradition by developing modern policies for 21st Century Carmarthenshire and seeking to implement them through standing candidates for County, Town and Community Council elections and also through community-based campaigns.

We are attracting a new generation of Liberals who have a Vision. A Vision for a confident and forward-looking County which is economically successful, has fairness and social justice at its core, and with a Council that is open, transparent and accountable to its citizens.

Get Involved

Why not get involved? This Site provides information on joining or supporting us as well as information on our policies and our local activities and meetings. We have regular local meetings in Llanelli, Carmarthen and St Clears as well as a Welsh Liberal Democrat Office in Water Street, Carmarthen.

Vote for us on 3rd May

On Thursday 3rd May there will be elctions for the County Council as well as for all the Town and Community Councils across the County. We have County Council candidates in Llanelli (Lliedi Division), St Clears, Trelech and Whitland. We also have candidates standing for election to Llanelli Town Council, St Clears Town Council and Meidrim Community Council. Please show your support by voting for our candidates - full information is on this Site.

News Updates

  • ELDR Council Meeting
    Article: May 17, 2012
    By Carol Weaver

    Members of the LDEG executive including George Dunk, Carol Weaver and Jonathan Fryer took part in the ELDR Party Council meeting in Yerevan last weekend soon after Armenia's parliamentary elections. LDEG chair Phil Bennion MEP also spoke at a fringe event on 'Making Liberal Climate and Resource Policies Work'.

  • Ian Swales MP continues ME fight
    Article: May 16, 2012

    Ian Swales MP for Redcar is continuing his campaign on behalf of ME sufferers by hosting a drop-in event for MPs and Peers today in Parliament. The event, in conjunction with the charity Action for ME, will give Parliamentarians the chance to learn more about the condition and to meet some people affected by the disease.

  • Stephen Williams: Give RBS and Lloyds shares to the public
    Article: May 15, 2012

    Commenting, Stephen Williams said:

    "This is a very popular idea which would give the public something back for bailing out the banks.

    "I welcome the Treasury Select Committee's review into what to do with the Government's holding in RBS and Lloyds and hope that it furthers the case for giving the public their share."

  • Iain Duncan Smith says that disability benefits reform are needed.
    Article: May 15, 2012

    Planned changes to disability benefits will go ahead, the Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has said, insisting that reform is needed. It has emerged half a million people are to lose the Disability Living Allowance over the next four years. But Mr Duncan Smith told the Daily Telegraph the number of people claiming it had risen by 30% in recent years, with many people "allowed to fester". Labour said he was approaching reform with "contempt and carelessness".

  • Blue Badge holders, are targetted by Labour run Redcar and Cleveland Council
    Article: May 15, 2012
    In http://ianswales.com/en/article/2012/586760/labour-run-redcar-and-cleveland-council-penalise-blue-badge-holders

    Redcar and Cleveland Labour Run Council have announced that they are considering charging all disabled blue badge holders to park in all council run off street car parks. Of those 25 car parks, there are 79 bays that are specifically marked for disabled badge holders only. All residents who hold blue badges were notified of this possible change by letter today (14th May 2012).

  • Parents to control special needs budgets.
    Article: May 15, 2012

    Parents are to be given more financial control over support for children with special educational needs, in a major shake-up of the system in England. The government says it wants to push ahead with proposals announced last year that parents should have a "personal budget" for their children. The changes could also see fewer children in the special needs category.

  • Liberal Democrat News 11th May 2012
    Article: May 11, 2012


    Long lasting reforms

    Key Liberal Democrat initiatives were announced in the Queen's Speech on Wednesday including banking reform, a single tier pension, energy reform, strengthening shareholder power and House of Lords reform.

    The Coalition government's next term will focus on helping families, supporting growth and jobs, and delivering long-standing reform to our banking sector. Long lasting reforms are proposed to put the UK on a stable footing and offer help and support to families, small businesses and communities, protect the environment, as well as reaffirming the commitment to helping the poorest nations.

    The key themes from the 2012 Queen's Speech are economic growth, justice and constitutional reform.

    Main Lib Dem initiatives include:

  • 2011 election - lessons learnt
    Article: May 10, 2012

    Welcome to my first article on this website - my aim is to look events from the point of view of disability issues

    I was asked to come on here and help edit the site at the spring conference in gateshead, however to be honest since recoving from the rush of conference I was fully engage in the local election and have only just recovered from both the effort and very disapointing results. The saddiest thing about this is that in our town we had record low turnouts (16% in some cases). I know a some of this may have been to do with supporters of the coalision parties staying at home but there is a big problem with engaging people in the voting process.

  • European Movement EU News Round Up
    Article: May 10, 2012
    In European Movement
    1. Decision by EU ministers to raise the lending power of EU bail-out funds to €700 billion prompted the IMF dig deeper as well.
    2. Almost half of Irish people have refused to pay a household tax imposed as part of EU-IMF-mandated savings measures.
    3. The European Parliament is trying to cultivate a "European identity", with top officials saying that it is needed to ensure a lasting union.
    4. Polish foreign minister Sikorski has said the EU could unravel and the US might quit NATO, leaving Poland alone to face Russia.
    5. No absolute majority emerged from the Greek Parliamentary election on Sunday 6 May, with only 18.85% for New Democracy and 13.18% for PASOK. The ultra-nationalist party Golden Dawn obtained 6.97% wining 21 seats in the Parliament.
    6. The EU's top scientist chairing a panel on new medicines has resigned after being fired from France's national regulator, itself under fire over unsafe diabetes drugs and breast implants.
    7. ECB chief Mario Draghi on Wednesday 04 April said talk of an exit strategy from the one-trillion-euro cheap loans programme was "premature", but warned that this was no substitute for reforms.
    8. France, Germany and Italy have jointly forecast the eurozone recession will end in spring, with meagre growth in summer.
    9. Eurozone unemployment reached 10.8 percent in February 2012, the highest level since the currency was introduced in 1999. Youngsters remain the most affected, with every second Spaniard under 25 unable to find a job.
    10. The MEP charged with scrutiny of the 'Acta' treaty has called for a boycott, raising prospects that Parliament will kill it in June or July.
    11. Austrian centre-right MEP Othmar Karas has called for an end to massive bankers' bonuses, which in some cases amount to 10 times the basic salary.
    12. Leading NGOs and the Council of Europe all spoke out against the 'Acta' anti-counterfeiting pact at a European Parliament hearing on Wednesday 18 April.
    13. Spain's plan to cut €10 billion more off its budget has failed to stop speculation it could be next in line for a bail-out.
    14. Socialist Francois Hollande won on Sunday 6 May the French presidential elections with 51.63% of votes, against Nicolas Sarkozy who obtained 48.37%.
    15. Talks on budget cuts have collapsed in the Netherlands, creating the likelihood of snap elections after the summer recess.
    16. The Spanish government approved €10 billion worth of spending cuts and increased fees for education and health.
    17. MEPs grudgingly voted in favour of a new air data agreement with the US, ending what had become a major security-versus-privacy debate.
  • Once again Lib Dem MEPs show strong support for single seat of the European Parliament
    Article: May 10, 2012

    In a vote to clear the EU's budget for 2010, MEPs have today sent out another strong message of support for a single working location of the European Parliament.

    EU Member States continue to veto a single seat for the European Parliament despite the fact that it would achieve estimated savings of € 180million (£145million) a year.

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