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Comment on affordable housing legislation

Thu 13th Nov 2008

Commenting on reports that the First Minister is expected to agree with the Welsh Affairs Committee's recommendation to narrow a Welsh Assembly power bid, Mike German, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats said:

First Minister fails to reassure Wales that coalition partnership is all hunky-dory

Tue 11th Nov 2008

During today's First Minister's questions, Rhodri Morgan failed to reassure the people of Wales that all is ok in the Labour-Plaid coalition, adding further to speculation about the state of the union.

Tax cuts: "ease the burden on working people"

Tue 11th Nov 2008

Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Mike German today called on Governments in Westminster and Cardiff Bay to put people first - and cut taxes for those on low and middle incomes.

Rhodri doesn't get it - workers need more support from government

Tue 4th Nov 2008

First Minister Rhodri Morgan says he's backing Barack Obama - but he won't follow his lead by cutting taxes for lower and middle income earners in Wales.

German urges Minister to freeze Severn Bridge Tolls

Mon 3rd Nov 2008

Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Mike German has urged UK Transport Ministers to use their powers to freeze the Severn Bridge tolls, which are set to rise by 5% next year.

Local AM Voices Support for National Writing Competition

Wed 29th Oct 2008

Teenagers across South East Wales are being called to take part in a thought provoking writing competition by a leading member of the National Assembly for Wales.

Monmouthshire Hit for £1.2 million in Icelandic Bank Collapse | "Investment would have matured next week"

Thu 9th Oct 2008

Monmouthshire County Council has been hit for £1.2 million after the collapse of Icelandic banks.

Pounds and pence

Shocking Figures Reveal Low Up-take of Teenage Booster Vaccine

Thu 9th Oct 2008

Children in some of Wales' poorest areas are being failed by the Labour/Plaid Government, suggests a leading member of the National Assembly for Wales.

Vaccination 1

Free NHS Drugs to End in Wales?

Mon 6th Oct 2008

Speculation by the national media over the weekend hinting that free-for-all prescriptions in Wales are to be axed has led a leading member of the National Assembly for Wales calling on the Assembly Health Minister to "come clean".

Pills in blister pack

Axing Welsh TV "a giant leap backwards for Wales" | "Who will keep the BBC on its toes?"

Fri 26th Sep 2008

Welsh programming on ITV is set to be slashed after a 'green light' from the broadcasting regulator OFCOM.

Television news

Defeat in 'rock-solid' Ward Stuns Conservatives into Silence

Fri 26th Sep 2008

Conservatives in Monmouthshire were reeling from a surprise by-election defeat in a ward in Abergavenny regarded as 'rock-solid' for the party.

Melissa Toombs (photography: Phylip Hobson)

Local AM supports 'Keep the Promise' event to end child poverty

Thu 25th Sep 2008

Mike German, Assembly Member for South Wales East has signed up to the 'Keep the Promise' campaign to end child poverty.

Michael German signs @make a Promise' Campaign

Green jobs green light - despite Rhodri's bluster

Tue 29th Jul 2008

Welsh Liberal Democrats' campaign to put Wales at the forefront of creating jobs and backing the environment looks set to finally succeed in the Autumn - despite First Minister Rhodri Morgan's claim that Wales doesn't need one.

Green shoots

LCOs are not the only pieces of devolution jigsaw - German

Tue 15th Jul 2008

Speaking ahead of the announcement of the Assembly Government's legislative programme, Mike German, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, said: "I'm concerned that the first year of legislation by the Assembly has produced so little for the people of Wales.

Senedd

No more halts for Holtham Commission - German

Tue 8th Jul 2008

Commenting on the appointment of economist Gerald Holtham to lead the study in to how Wales is funded, Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Mike German said:

Wales flag

What's the difference between a scaleback and a delayed roll out? (And does it matter to children in poverty?)

Tue 1st Jul 2008

Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Mike German has accused Rhodri Morgan of ducking serious questions, following a bizarre exchange at First Minister's Questions.

school kids

WAG freezing private sector out of EU funding

Tue 1st Jul 2008

Speaking ahead of the debate on European Structural Funds, Mike German, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, has criticised the Assembly Government for making the process for receiving EU money too difficult and for freezing out the private and third sector from the driving seat of the 2007 -2013 EU funding round.

Euro

20 Questions for the One Wales Government

Mon 30th Jun 2008

Welsh Liberal Democrats today launched a study of the first year of the Labour-Plaid coalition, highlighting 20 areas where the One Wales Government has failed the people of Wales.

Senedd

History repeating as Rhodri risks sending Euro millions back

Thu 19th Jun 2008

Mike German believes "history is repeating itself" after Rhodri Morgan has admitted it will "take a miracle" for Wales to spend all its Objective One funding due to a lack of match funding.

Euros

Major Investment by UK Bank Welcomed by Leading Assembly Member

Wed 18th Jun 2008

News that HSBC Bank plc, a leading UK global banking corporation, has chosen Newport as a centre for call centre investment worth £14 million over the next two years, was welcomed as representing "upbeat confidence in South East Wales."

Call Centre 1

"Wrong button" Rhodri is Holding Wales Back

Tue 17th Jun 2008

First Minister Rhodri Morgan has confessed he pressed the wrong button, when he voted for a Welsh Liberal Democrat proposal to give the Assembly more powers.

Mouse click

Uncollected council tax wastes £47 per household

Mon 16th Jun 2008

Figures released by the Welsh Liberal Democrats show that council tax arrears in Wales topped £70m for the first time in 2007.

Money Pounds

Local AM success as Health Minister calls for urgent review of vital rapid response unit.

Wed 11th Jun 2008

Following calls from Mike German, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, to reinstate the vital rapid response unit in Abergavenny ambulance station, the Health Minister has promised an urgent review of ambulance services in the Monmouthshire and Blaenau Gwent area.

Broken promise puts school heads in a bind - German

Tue 3rd Jun 2008

Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Mike German has accused the government of breaking their promise to headteachers by underfunding radical changes to schooling.

German saddened by closure of local climbing centre

Tue 3rd Jun 2008

Commenting on the sudden closure of E2 Welsh International Climbing and Activity Centre in Trelewis, Mike German, local Assembly Member said:

Tory policy gone with the wind - frankly, they don't give a damn!

Tue 3rd Jun 2008

Speaking ahead of today's Conservative debate on wind farms, Mike German, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, warned that the Conservatives were up to their old tricks of shouting green rhetoric but failing to support renewable wind energy plans in Wales.

Tenant protection needed as repossession risk rises

Sun 1st Jun 2008

More must be done to protect vulnerable housing tenants in Wales, Welsh Liberal Democrats warned today. Party leader Mike German AM warned that repossession orders have risen by 26% in Wales in the first quarter of the year, and that the credit crunch meant that figure was only likely to rise in the coming months.

WAG spouting 98,000 tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere - German

Wed 28th May 2008

Mike German, Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats and temporary chair of the Assembly Sustainability Committee, today warned that Jane Davidson, the Minister for the Environment, Sustainability and Housing, needed to listen to the views of the Sustainability Committee to ensure that the Welsh carbon footprint doesn't get bigger.

New Report Brings to Light Raw Deal for the People of Wales

Thu 22nd May 2008

As the household budgets of many families tighten across Wales, a damning report published by energywatch today reveals how the people of Wales are paying more for their electricity supplies than people of England and Scotland.

Light Blub

Funding Gap Denial is Betraying Wales' Youth

Sun 18th May 2008

Labour and Plaid Cymru are betraying Wales' young people by failing to fulfil their promise to properly fund universities.

Graduates

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