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Willott fights Severn Toll increase

Willott fights Severn Toll increase

December 10, 2009 No Comments

Jenny Willott, Welsh Liberal Democrat MP for Cardiff Central, tabled a motion in Parliament calling on the Government to use its statutory powers not to increase the price of the Severn Bridge Toll in line with inflation. The move comes ahead of the usual December announcement of inflationary price increases over the Severn Bridges for ...

Lib Dem tax plans will make a million Welsh people better off says Willott

December 9, 2009 No Comments

Today, the Welsh Liberal Democrats released figures showing that their radical new tax plans will help over 1 million people in Wales, paid for by closing tax loopholes, making polluters pay and introducing a ‘mansion tax’ on homes worth over £2million. The figures show: Over 220,000 of the poorest people in Wales will be lifted ...

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Willott expresses concern over police DNA arrests

November 26, 2009 No Comments

Commenting on today’s report from the Human Genetics Commission on the DNA database, Nothing to hide, nothing to fear?, Jenny Willott, Welsh Liberal Democrat MP for Cardiff Central, said: “The idea that the police are arresting people that they normally wouldn’t, in order to obtain their DNA, is deeply worrying.

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