News - Geraint Davies

Geraint Davies, MP wants to make Swansea high street safe, welcoming and friendly.

This week Swansea West MP Geraint Davies attended the Swansea High Street Summit to hear from residents about how to improve the local area. Geraint Davies said: “Swansea’s High Street is a gateway to our city so it needs to be a friendly and inviting environment for visitors, shoppers and…

Swansea MP campaigns against the closure of local Lloyds TSB bank branch.

More than 250 people have replied to a campaign to halt the closure of The Lloyds bank branch in Sketty. The bank is set to close later this year, which would leave the area without a bank branch. Geraint Davies, Swansea West MP, said, “Hundreds of people and local businesses…

No more excuses, it’s time to ban conversion therapy – Pink News

A version of this article was published by Pink News. 50 years on from the Stonewall riots a month of Pride celebrations will see millions of people unite across the world in support of LGBT+ rights. Yet despite the successes of liberation movements in recent decades the practice of conversion…

MP backs hunger stiker – Evening Post

A Swansea MP is supporting the hunger-striking husband of a woman detained in Iran. Geraint Davies, Swansea West MP, has offered his backing to Richard Ratcliffe, whos has been outside the Iranian embassy in London to protest the continued imprisonment of his wide, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was arrested while on…

Swansea protestors join thousands in mass climate lobby of Parliament

Environmental campaigners from Swansea today joined sixteen thousand protestors from across the UK who descended on Parliament for a mass climate lobby. They were met outside Parliament by Geraint Davies, MP for Swansea West, who has been campaigning on climate change, fracking, plastic pollution and air pollution. Mr Davies…

Our air is toxic and it’s killing thousands prematurely: it’s down to the next prime minister to finally act – The Independent

As the Conservative leadership contest rumbles on with the final two, Brexit and tax cuts continue to dominate, with a curious absence of offering a more radical environment policy in particular to tackling the UK’s toxic air. It may be because three of the four serious contenders are in the…

Discrimination against guide dog owners must end says Swansea West MP.

Today, Geraint Davies, MP for Swansea West, spoke out in favour of improving the access of guide dog owners to public services and spaces. Geraint Davies said, “Constituents from all over Wales came to parliament today demanding that MPs improve access for guide dog owners. They were rightly outraged that many guide dog owners…

Switch to metal water bottles to protect your health and the environment, says Swansea West MP

Plastic water bottles are harming both the environment and people’s health and should be replaced with refillable glass or metal alternatives, according to Geraint Davies MP who has been campaigning on plastics pollution in Parliament. Speaking on National Refill Day, Mr Davies said: “We know that cheap, single-use…

The government must clean up the poison in our air – Prospect

A version of this article was published in Prospect magazine’s supplement for July 2019: ‘Cleaning the Air: How to tackle air pollution and grow the green economy.’ In May, 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg, Extinction Rebellion and striking school-children arrived on parliament’s doorstep to demand that urgent action is taken…

MP marches with Swansea women for pensions justice – Evening Post

A version of this article appeared in the South Wales Evening Post on Thursday 6 June 2019. Geraint Davies MP today joined protesters from Swansea who marched outside Parliament in opposition to the government’s handling of changes to the State Pension Age for women born in the 1950s. Nearly 4…

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