Swansea Bay tidal energy scheme 'must go ahead', say Lib Dems

Withdrawing government investment from the 1bn clean energy project would be 'utter madness', says Tim Farron

It would be "utter madness" for the government to withdraw its support at this late stage from a 1bn revolutionary tidal energy scheme at Swansea Bay, Lib Dem leader Tim Farron will tell his party's spring conference in Cardiff on Saturday.

The planned project, awaiting a funding decision from the Department of Energy and Climate Change, would provide hundreds of jobs and much-needed low carbon power for over a century, he argues.