Press - Beth Winter MP

Beth Winter’s response to OFGEM’s energy price cap announcement

Beth Winter’s response to the energy price cap announcement: • The energy market is out of control • The price cap rise cannot be allowed to go ahead • Increase the windfall tax • Suspend bonuses and dividend payments • Restore energy to public ownership Beth is promoting: • A…

Cynon Valley After Coronavirus: Recovery & Renewal

The Covid pandemic has led many of us to step back and take a fresh…

It is time for the Senedd to extend provision of Free School Meals

There is no better illustration of the rising levels of inequality and poverty in our country than the shocking increasing prevalence of food poverty in the UK. There are now a staggering 2,000 food banks across the UK and in the last financial year the Trussell Trust distributed over 2.5…

Today is the 73rd anniversary of the NHS

The National Health Service was launched on this day, 73 years ago. It was created…

Priorities for Action

Earlier this year I sent a leaflet to everybody in Cynon Valley which included a…

Free School Meals Report

Free School Meals report welcomed by Cynon Valley MP Cynon Valley MP Beth Winter has…

International Workers’ Day 2021

It is now our second International Workers’ Day in some form of lockdown, and it is becoming increasingly clear the devastating impact which Covid-19 has had on workers. We are all deeply indebted to our key workers who undertook enormous personal risk to ensure that people’s needs were met during…

International Women’s Day 2021

This International Women’s Day I would like to celebrate the strong history of feminism in the Cynon Valley, which is deeply intertwined with the Labour and Trade Union movement. As a young girl, growing up in the 1980s, I can clearly remember the activism of Women Against Pit Closures (WAPC),…

Riding Roughshod Over Devolution

Wales has a radical tradition – from the first raising of the red flag above…

Disabled people need to come together and continue the fight for dignity, equality and respect

Beth Winter MP and Richard Jones Chair of Cynon Valley Constituency Labour Party November marked the 25th anniversary of the Disability Discrimination Act. In Wales some 22% of the population has a disability, facing difficulties across a range of services – from employment to housing to transport and education. But…

Universal Basic Income

The Covid-19 pandemic has laid bare the extent of poverty and inequality in our society. It has also exposed the inadequacies of our welfare system to act as a safety net for people, from the insufficient level and restrictiveness of Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) to the five week waiting time…

Want to Live | Eisiau Byw

Beth Winter MP and local activist Morien Morgan. For the past week there have been extensive ‘We Want to Live – Rydyn ni Eisiau Byw’ climate protests across the UK, including here in Wales, to highlight the dangers of the climate crisis and to promote and garner support for…

What does the Palestine situation mean for a Welsh woman?

This summer, July 4th is a special Day of Action against the Annexation of the West Bank by the Israeli Government. So why should I, a Welsh woman MP, be thinking about that? My mother has a saying that “you must learn to walk in their shoes”. I’m Welsh…

The case for (Recovery) Universal Basic Income

Income security for all – the case for (Recovery) Universal Basic Income The Covid-19 pandemic has laid bare the extent of poverty and inequality in our society. It has exposed the failings of our welfare system to act as a safety net for people. As the newly elected MP…

Clear Red Thinking

This year marks the 21st anniversary of the establishment of the National Assembly for Wales, now the Senedd. Throughout this time, Wales has had a Labour-led government. The slogan “clear red water”, first used by Rhodri Morgan – First Minister of Wales between 2000 and 2009 – describes the distinctive and…

The New Intake

As a newly-elected MP, I am on such a steep learning curve. There are so many procedures and rules — so many right ways of doing things — that you can lose sight of why you are here in Westminster. That’s exactly what I don’t want to do! I must…