Kirsty Williams AM is the Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats and has been Assembly Member for Brecon and Radnorshire since 1999. In the Assembly she had previously spoken for her party on a range of key issues including economic development, health and education. Kirsty was educated at the village primary school and St. Michaels School Llanelli. She studied for her degree, a B.A. Hons in American Studies at Manchester University and The University of Missouri. Prior to her career in politics, Kirsty worked at Carmarthenshire College and for a small business in Cardiff as a Marketing Executive. She lives on a farm outside Brecon with her husband and three daughters.

Time for WAG to take responsibility

Welsh people understand that the pain can’t be stopped at the Severn Bridge. However, the CSR settlement is better news for Wales than many were predicting. Attention now shifts to how the Welsh Assembly Government will make the savings needed

This is the pulse of devolution in Wales

A referendum should happen in the Autumn of 2010 and the Welsh Liberal Democrats will continue to work towards this timescale, pledges Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Kirsty Williams in the second of today’s articles by Welsh party leaders

Change the mindset and you can fix the economy

The Welsh Liberal Democrats begin their Autumn conference today in Wrexham, one of the key local authorities they control in Wales. Ahead of her keynote speech to conference, Welsh party leader Kirsty Williams sets out her party’s approach to revitialising Welsh economic development policy