Following its success at the 2022 What Car? Awards, being named as the Best Small Car, the Honda Jazz has scored a hat-trick by way of two further endorsements. It has been picked by the jury at Which? Magazine for being the ‘Most Reliable Small Car’ and a ‘Best Buy’ in their 2021-2022 car tests and surveys. Motorists are being warned ahead of stricter new laws around using your mobile phone … [Read more...]
Newslines 10 March
Six-in-10 UK drivers (59%) want the new Chancellor to bolster spending on the country’s crumbling local road infrastructure in the Budget by ringfencing 2p from every litre of petrol and diesel sold without increasing duty rates, according to an RAC survey of 3,200 drivers. In fact drivers feel so strongly about the need to increase spending on maintaining local roads that they would much prefer … [Read more...]
Row erupts over Welsh road and parking charges
Welsh Conservatives have angrily reacted to plans for Motorists in Wales paying road tolls, congestion charges, workplace and out of town parking charges under a review ordered by Minister of Economy and Transport Ken Skates. He has appointed Derek Turner, who worked on the London congestion charge scheme, to study the implications for users and businesses as Welsh Government invests in and … [Read more...]
Wales’s rail services criticised
Leader of the Welsh Conservative Group, Paul Davies AM, today asked the First Minister why rail users and tourists in Wales are still struggling with a poor transport service. Mr Davies spoke in today’s First Minister’s Questions to highlight the terrible journey of two visitors to Wales reported to him by B&B owners in St Dogmaels, Pembrokeshire. He told Mark Drakeford that in a … [Read more...]
Newslines 2 November
Welsh Government spent over £10,000 on journeys with cab firm Uber in the last 12 months, double the amount spent the previous year, despite the Welsh Labour Government’s criticism of the firm. In addition, nearly £2,500 was used to cover the cost of luxury travel and limousines, according to figures obtained by Welsh Conservatives. It was announced in the Government’s spending review that … [Read more...]
Welsh Conservatives urban plans will hit motorists
Welsh Conservatives are calling for more clean air zones and greater pedestrianisation. Shadow Environment Secretary David Melding yesterday launched the party’s Liveable Cities strategy for urban renewal and a focus on healthier, happier cities and towns, which is an extension of the schemes announced last month by Labour controlled Welsh Assembly. Key to that goal is the creation of clean … [Read more...]
Welsh Government adding to air pollution and illnesses
The Welsh Government has been accused of hypocrisy over its environmental & clean air policies by using diesel powered ministerial limousines rather than hybrid models. Welsh Conservatives renewed calls for the Welsh Government to scrap its ministerial limousines after it was revealed they are all fuelled by diesel. Responding to a Written Assembly Question from Andrew RT Davies, the … [Read more...]
Welsh Conservatives challenge CoW rejection
Welsh Conservatives have challenged thinking behind Welsh Government rejecting backing for the Circuit of Wales. Shadow Economy Secretary, Russell George, said, “This decision immediately contradicts evidence given to the Public Accounts Committee by James Price yesterday, who claimed that the £55m spent to date on the Circuit of Wales had represented good value for money, and provided a … [Read more...]
Clarity call for Circuit of Wales plans
Welsh Conservatives have called for clarity over the future of the Circuit of Wales, ahead of today’s deadline for the project’s backers. The Cabinet Secretary Ken Skates set the Circuit of Wales a deadline of Wednesday 8 February by which to provide assurances that the project’s financial backing was in place, and he is expected to make a statement updating Assembly Members on progress around … [Read more...]