Cefin Campbell MS Mid & West Wales

Recent data for the 2023 easter and summer months shows that train users in stations along the Heart of Wales railway line between Swansea and Shrewsbury endured some of the worst rail performances in the entire UK. 

A petition urging the Welsh Government to purchase Sycharth, Owain Glyndwr’s ancestral home in Montgomeryshire has been discussed in the Senedd today (Wednesday 13 September).  

Alarm has been raised by Plaid Cymru politicians as new figures released by the Welsh Government show a growing crisis for Ophthalmology appointments within the Hywel Dda Health Board area. 

Plaid Cymru County Councillor for Llanbrynmair, Gary Mitchell, has called on members of the community to seize a new opportunity to secure ultrafast broadband for their village.

The Welsh Government has confirmed that progress on the proposed St Clears railway station remains frustratingly slow, following a question in the Senedd from Plaid Cymru’s Cefin Campbell MS. 

A local community's efforts to purchase a village pub in Crymych, Pembrokeshire, have been praised in the Senedd by a local Plaid Cymru politician, who has called on the Welsh Government to do more to support community-owned businesses.  

Local Plaid Cymru politicians have expressed their concerns following the announcement that alternative network operator, Broadway Partners, has called in the administrators. 

Despite the huge challenges facing local government, the Plaid Cymru-led Carmarthenshire County Council is well on the way to turning its manifesto vision statement into reality, for the economic and social benefit of the county’s residents. In his first Annual Report to today’s Full Council meeting as the authority’s Leader, Cllr Darren Price listed the council’s priorities and delivery across a wide range of services and strategies, including education, social care, job creation and decarbonisation.  

As the first stage of the Green Gen Cymru consultation draws to a close (Midnight Friday 28 April), local Plaid Cymru politicians have reiterated their opposition to the proposed 60-mile pylon route between the Radnor Forest in Powys and the National Grid south of Carmarthen.  

Speaking in the Senedd this week, Cefin Campbell, Plaid Cymru Member of the Senedd highlighted the banking crisis facing the Ystradgynlais area following the news the town’s last bank would soon close.