The Welsh Liberal Democrats report: The Welsh Liberal Democrat Assembly Member for South Wales West, Peter Black has welcomed the budget deal between Labour and the Liberal Democrats that will deliver an extra £450 directly to local schools for each child on free school meals. The total package will mean that schools in Swansea, Neath

Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg congratulated Kirsty Williams upon her election as the new leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats. Nick Clegg said: "Kirsty's election as leader is excellent news for the Welsh Liberal Democrats and for Wales. "I know that Kirsty will be a strong champion for liberal values in the Senedd, helping to make Wales a fairer and greener nation. "Kirsty has a strong...

BBC Wales has commissioned an opinion poll from ICM, which contains this: Who do you think forms the current Welsh Assembly Government? Labour and Plaid Cymru 48% Labour 21% Plaid Cymru 6% Labour and the Liberal Democrats 5% Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats 3% Liberal Democrats 2% Conservatives 2% Other 2% Don’t know 11%

Welsh Labour is calling on Welsh Liberal Democrats to "come clean” over precisely what public services they would be prepared to sacrifice in Wales to fund tax cuts proposed today by their Party Leader, Nick Clegg. The call came as Liberal Democrats - meeting at their annual conference in Bournemouth - endorsed a policy that would cut £20bn from public expenditure at the next General e...

I am incredibly proud that the Welsh Liberal Democrats are on the verge of electing the first female party leader in Wales. It is a significant point in Welsh political history, and one that will follow a decade of immense change in how our country is governed. I have had the privilege of being involved

The leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats says she is not convinced David Cameron worked hard enough to get a good deal for Wales and the UK in Europe.

In the Guardian last week, Timothy Garton-Ash argued that the Liberal Democrats’ distinctive identity is being lost both by coalition with the Conservatives and by other parties’ appropriation of the “liberal” label: The Liberal Democrats should change their name to the Liberals. Here’s why. First of all, Liberal Democrats is a pretty meaningless name. That’s

The first all-Wales opinion poll since last year’s Assembly elections suggests that support for Labour and Plaid Cymru since forming the One Wales coalition has risen, while support for the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats has gone down. Independent polling carried out for Plaid by Beaufort Research of Cardiff showed that among those saying they were certain or very likely to vote in an

With the two major Cities of South Wales poised to back their respective football teams in the fourth round of the FA Cup in the next few days I noted that the relative sporting conflicts have an interesting political angle for Liberal Democrats. Swansea are poised to take on FA Cup holders Portsmouth at 3pm today. Both Cities have local Councils that are led by Liberal Democrats, the latter havin...

It seems that the Liberal Democrats want to get in on the action in giving the insensate Labour Party a good old electoral kicking. Nick Clegg has yesterday signalled a change in resources, directing them at 50 constituencies in the UK where the Liberal Democrats are lying second to the Labour in Westminster elections. Obviously, as current