Reform UK Unveils Carmarthenshire Senedd Candidates

Reform UK unveils Carmarthenshire Senedd candidates

REFORM UK Wales has announced its full list of candidates for Sir Gaerfyrddin (Carmarthenshire) ahead of the Senedd election on Thursday, May 7. Leading the list is Gareth Beer, the party’s Carmarthenshire chairman, a local businessman, father of four and Kidwelly town councillor. In the 2024 General Election, he came within around 1,500 votes of winning the Llanelli seat — Reform UK’s strongest result in Wales. Beer said the party had assembled…

‘Scrap the VAT’: Senedd candidate says rural Carmarthenshire is being ‘hit first and hit hardest’ by fuel price surge

Carl Peters‑Bond, who is standing for the new Sir Gaerfyrddin constituency, says the current tax system means the Treasury “profits every time global events push up the wholesale price of fuel”, leaving rural communities exposed and increasingly desperate. ‘Profiteering from a crisis’ Fuel duty has been frozen at 52.95p per litre since 2022 — but VAT is charged as a percentage on top of both the product price and the duty. Peters‑Bond says that …