Ben Lake

Ahead of this Budget, @plaidcymru.bsky.social called for bold action to help households with the cost of living.

Labour’s measures today fall short of what was needed.

Welsh families won’t feel any difference in their pockets and will continue to be burdened with mounting costs.

Cyn y Gyllideb, galwodd @plaidcymru.bsky.social ar y Canghellor i weithredu go iawn i helpu cartrefi gyda chostau byw.

Mae’r mesurau a gyhoeddwyd gan Lafur heddiw yn bell o fod yn ddigon.

Fydd teuluoedd ledled Cymru ddim yn teimlo gwahaniaeth yn eu pocedi wrth iddynt barhau i wynebu costau uchel.

The extent to which the news media cycle is focusing on Reform rather than the wider strategic goals of Plaid Cymru as the party that actually won is a sign that much of the media and political establishment is going to again end up blindsided by trends that were visible long before

Pob lwc i Lindsay Whittle 🙌🏼

Lindsay has worked hard for the people of Caerphilly throughout his life. If you live in Caerphilly and want a strong, local champion representing you in the Senedd then vote for Plaid Cymru’s Lindsay Whittle.

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Silent Danger Podcast Episode · Untold: Toxic Legacy · S3 E1 · 41m

Thirty years ago, horses died and a girl’s gums turned green in West Wales. The cause? Lead poisoning.

Now, it’s happening again.

Episode 1 of Untold: Toxic Legacy is out now.

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It is shocking that over a third of children in Wales are living in poverty and this number is projected to rise.

Scrapping the two-child benefit cap has been reported to be the most effective way of lifting children out of poverty but Labour has refused to reverse this damaging Tory policy.

Mae'n warthus bod dros draean o blant Cymru yn byw mewn tlodi ac mae disgwyl i'r nifer hwn godi.

Mae adroddiadau yn dangos mai diddymu’r cap dau blentyn yw'r ffordd fwyaf effeithiol o godi plant allan o dlodi ond mae Llafur wedi gwrthod gwrthdroi'r polisi Torïaidd niweidiol hwn.

💜World Mental Health Day💜

💜Diwrnod Iechyd Meddwl y Byd💜

Last night the Global Sumud Flotilla was intercepted by Israeli Forces, blatantly violating international law once again.

I have written to the UK Government urging them to ensure that all those, including my constituent Hannah Schafer, who have been detained, are safely released.

Neithiwr cafodd y Global Sumud Flotilla ei rhyng-gipio gan Luoedd Arfog Israel, gan dorri cyfraith ryngwladol unwaith eto.

Rydw i wedi ysgrifennu at Lywodraeth y DU i’w hannog i sicrhau bod pawb, gan gynnwys fy etholwr Hannah Schafer, yn cael eu rhyddhau'n ddiogel ac ar unwaith.

Mae'r argyfwng dyngarol yn Gaza yn gwaethygu bob dydd.

Mae gan y DU gyfrifoldeb moesol a chyfreithiol i sicrhau bod Israel yn cydymffurfio â chyfraith ryngwladol.

Rhaid parhau i roi pwysau ar Lywodraeth y DU i wneud popeth o fewn ei gallu i roi diwedd ar yr erchyllterau a welwn yn Gaza.

The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is worsening by the day.

The UK Government has a moral and legal responsibility to ensure Israel complies with international law.

We must continue to put pressure on the UK Government to do everything in its power to put an end to the atrocities seen in Gaza.

Hope you had a great time 😀 see you in September!

🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 Macron and Starmer revive ‘Entente Cordiale'

🇬🇧🇫🇷 MP @benlake.bsky.social, ex-diplomat Peter Westmacott, Flint Global's Francis-Joseph Schichan, & AFP's Adam Plowright join @alaintolhurst.bsky.social & @matildamartin.bsky.social to discuss UK-Franco relations

🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/2f9785

Powerful moment in PMQs: @benlake.bsky.social
stood up for Brian Buckle, wrongfully convicted, and called for compensation. He supports the cause—join him. Sign here: appeal.org.uk/act-now/comp... #PayUp4TimeSpent

Newyddion gwych i borthladd Abergwaun, sy’n chwarae rhan hanfodol yn economi gogledd Sir Benfro. Mae’r buddsoddiad yma’n sicr i’w groesawu!

Fishguard: £20m bridge investment to secure ferry port's future A plan to upgrade Fishguard port was ditched in 2018, causing concern about its future.

Fantastic news for Fishguard port which is a critical part of the economy of north Pembrokeshire. The significant investment by @stenaline.bsky.social is most welcome!

“£445 million doesn’t scratch the surface”

Labour once acknowledged that Wales is owed billions to address decades of chronic underinvestment in rail infrastructure.

Now, they’re moving the goalposts, leaving Wales shortchanged once again.

“Dyw £445 miliwn ddim hyd yn oed yn crafu’r wyneb”

Fe wnaeth Llafur gydnabod bod biliynau’n ddyledus i Gymru yn sgil degawdau o danfuddsoddi difrif yn ein seilwaith rheilffyrdd.

Nawr, maen nhw’n newid y meini prawf gan adael Cymru ar ei cholled unwaith eto.

O HS2 i’r prosiect Rhydychen-Caergrawnt diweddaraf, mae Cymru ar ei cholled dan Lafur.

Pam bod y Prif Weinidog mor barod i amddiffyn Starmer a Reeves pan ddylai hi fod yn sefyll cornel Cymru?

From HS2 to the most recent Oxford-Cambridge rail line, Wales is being ripped off by Labour.

Why is the Labour First Minister scrambling to defend Starmer and Reeves when she should be standing up for Wales?

Someone get Labour a map.

The UK Government claims an Oxford-Cambridge rail line benefits Wales - cutting us out of millions in funding.

Scotland and Northern Ireland get their fair share. Why is Labour short-changing Wales?

Keir Starmer’s “island of strangers” rhetoric is reckless and divisive.

In Wales, as across the UK, social care is in crisis. The solution is not to turn on migrant workers, but to invest in training, raise wages, and improve working conditions.

🗣️ @benlake.bsky.social

Dwi’n browd i gefnogi #DiwrnodRhyngwladolME Dewch i ni sicrhau fod y salwch yn cael ei drin o ddifrif.

I’m proud to support #WorldMEDay Let’s ensure that the illness is treated with the urgency it deserves.

#WorldMEDay

Pan roedd 2,800 o swyddi ar fin cael eu colli ym Mhort Talbot, dewisodd Llywodraeth y DU beidio ag ystyried gwladoli.

Nawr yn Scunthorpe, maen nhw’n ystyried pob opsiwn.

Rhaid i Lafur nawr esbonio i bobl de Cymru pam nad oedd eu swyddi nhw yn werth eu hachub.

When 2,800 jobs were being lost in Port Talbot, this UK Government chose not to consider nationalisation.

Now in Scunthorpe, everything is on the table.

Labour must now explain to the people of south Wales why their jobs weren’t worth saving.

Number crunching: Cuts to health and disability benefit, and reduction in financial support for carers v unpaid care carried out every year.

From the new Private Eye, out now.

Mae’r cynnydd aruthrol mewn biliau dŵr er gwaethaf gwasanaeth gwael yn dangos methiant preifateiddio.

Mae'n wasanaeth hanfodol - angen - sydd heb gystadleuaeth.

Rhaid cael y sgwrs am ddod â dŵr yn ôl i ddwylo’r bobl.

@benlake.bsky.social