Dear Friend, 

I hope you're well.

This has been a pretty sombre first week of local lockdown measures in force in Cardiff with many feeling like we've taken two steps backwards in our battle against this virus. These are difficult times, but thank you for doing your part to help stop the spread of the virus and to keep people safe. 

I've had many constituents get in touch concerned about the impact of another lockdown on loneliness and isolation. I'm really pleased that our Welsh Labour Government has today confirmed that single adult households can now form a 'bubble' with another household in their county to help combat loneliness. 

I've been meeting with Welsh Government who tell me that they're already seeing positive changes as a result of the lockdown measures in RCT and Caerphilly, showing that these measures are effective. So let's stick together, follow the rules and drive these cases down in our area!

Here's a snapshot of what's been happening over the last couple of weeks. Continue to stay safe and as ever, if you would like to get in touch with me please contact [email protected].

With very best wishes, 

1. Environment and climate action – 67%
2. Health and health services – 63%
3. Local impact of Brexit post-Covid – 42%
4. Protecting jobs, businesses and high streets – 36%

1. Climate change and the environment – 60.21%
2. Brexit and trade deals – 42.67%
3. The economy and post-Covid recovery – 40.58%
4. Protecting jobs, businesses and industry – 26.18%

Cardiff North constituents have told me that the climate emergency is one of their top priorities. At an open discussion I held earlier this year, the excellent idea of establishing a Cardiff North Eco Team was raised. I’d love to help bring that to a reality and I’d really like your help and ideas!

The purpose of the Eco team is to help drive climate ambition and sustainability locally and do our part within our community to help tackle the climate emergency. Individual awareness and action is critical in our fight against runaway climate change. Empowering our communities by sharing knowledge, innovative ideas and working together to drive positive change and live more sustainability is key. 

I’m holding an initial zoom meeting as I’d love to hear from you and your ideas on how we can make that happen and what we’d like the Eco Team to look like. Please come along, even if you’d just like to listen in and don’t want to take part in the discussion.

Date: Thursday 22nd October 

Time: 7pm 

This meeting will be held via Zoom- please get in touch by email if you'd like to be involved and we'll send you the invite link. 

I was pleased to sign this letter to the Business Secretary calling for travel companies to ensure families aren’t left out of pocket.

Much of Wales are now in lockdown measures. Cardiff North constituents should receive refunds or credit notices for holidays they’re now unable to take.

Julie Morgan MS and I have been working with local residents and National Resources Wales in response to the flooding in Whitchurch back in February. We recently met virtually with NRW and residents were able to feed in some of their questions in advance. We are meeting NRW again next week and you can find the minutes of the previous meeting on my website. 

Whilst the pandemic has prevented us from having the public meeting with NRW that Julie and I committed to arranging, I am pleased NRW have renewed their commitment to meeting with residents once it is safe to do so. We will provide another update in due course.