Mebyon Kernow – the Party for Cornwall has responded to the “Tying the Knot: Reforming Wedding Law in England and Wales” consultation. The response was as follows: Mebyon Kernow – the Party for Cornwall welcomes the publication of the above consultation, which we understand follows the Law Commission’s 2022 report “Celebrating Marriage: A New Weddings Law.” In particular, we welcome that the consultation document specifically references the use of languages “other than English or Welsh” and actually gives the…

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Mebyon Kernow is pleased to announce that a key speaker at our upcoming National Conference on Saturday 24th October will be Plaid Cymru’s Lindsay Whittle. Lindsay is well-known as the victor of the 2025 by-election to represent the people of Caerphilly in Senedd Cymru. It was a contest that political pundits had predicted would be won by Reform UK. Earlier this year, he was re-elected to the Parliament for the Bleanau Gwent Caerffili Rhymni region following the introduction of a new…

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Mebyon Kernow is pleased to confirm that it Councillor Matthew Read has been welcomed into its group on Callington Town Council. He is pictured (on the right) with fellow MK councillors Maria Coakley and Mark Smith.  Alongside experienced Cornwall Councillor Andrew Long, they form a powerful and active group of four on the town council working for all the people of the local community. …

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Two days after Cornwall Council’s ruling Cabinet voted to “accept the UK Government’s intention to designate Cornwall Council as a single Foundation Strategic Authority (FSA),” the Prime Minister announced that he would give “all mayors of city regions in England a share of income tax revenue … as part of his drive to transfer power from Westminster to local leaders.” Analysis by one newspaper showed how the money would go to mayoralties in the Midlands and the North, the Bristol area,…

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On Wednesday 29th July, Cornwall Council’s ruling Cabinet voted to “accept the UK Government’s intention to designate Cornwall Council as a single Foundation Strategic Authority (FSA).” Commenting on behalf of Mebyon Kernow – the Party for Cornwall, Cllr Dick Cole, said: “The designation of Cornwall’s single principal authority as a FSA does represent a change to local government arrangements, but it is a long, long way from the Celtic-style devolution that Cornwall merits. “This designation will hopefully safeguard Cornwall as the…

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Councillors at Cornwall’s unitary authority overwhelming passed a motion declaring a vote of no confidence in South West Water and the transfer of SWW into some form of public ownership. The motion was proposed by Mebyon Kernow’s Cllr Loveday Jenkin and it was seconded by Dean Evans of the Green Party. Signatories to the motion included other councillors from the Conservative, Green, Labour, Liberal Democrat, Independent and MK groups. It was founded on the Dowr Glan campaign, spearheaded by Mebyon Kernow…

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