Maria Caulfield Conservative Candidate for Caerphilly

I have been contacted by concerned residents at the plans by Plaid led Caerphilly Council to turn off street lights in order to help bridge their £25 million budget gap.

Residents are worried about the safety impact of the plans for lights to be either permanently turned off or turned off from 12 midnight to 5.30am every night.

Plaid argue it will help with carbon emissions but we all know it is to cut costs no matter what the costs are in terms of safety to local people.

If they were that interested in carbon emissions there are many other ways light pollution and carbon emissions could be cut in terms of movement or light sensitive equipment or solar panel lighting.

Why aren't Plaid just honest about the state of their council budget and stop fobbing off residents with their environmental concerns which don't add up