Plaid Cymru's key pledges as it announces manifesto

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For Fairness, For Ambition and For Wales was Plaid Cymru’s tagline for their manifesto released today. In this manifesto they laid out their key pledges

Fair funding for Wales

  • Secure the £4bn owed to Wales from HS2 to invest in improving our own public transport in all parts of the country and reversing cuts to local bus services.
  • Demand a fair funding system for Wales, based around our needs, giving us the public services we deserve.

Fair play for patients

  • Fair funding from Westminster, enabling us to invest in our NHS workforce and recruit 500 GPs into Wales after years of Tory cuts and Labour mismanagement in Cardiff.
  • A new Cancer Strategy to ensure cancers are caught and treated earlier, and ending Wales’s postcode lottery for treatment.

Fairness for families and communities

  • Help 330,000 Welsh families to deal with the cost of living crisis by increasing Child Benefit by £20 per week. This will take 60,000 children out of poverty in Wales.
  • Redressing economic unfairness; increasing windfall taxes and devolving the Crown Estate in order to create green jobs and build prosperity.

Check out their full manifesto here:

Manifesto - The Party of Wales

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I like their focus on improving public transport, healthcare, and helping families with the cost of living. Looking forward to seeing how these plans could make a difference!
What aspect of Plaid Cymru’s manifesto stands out to you the most?

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I think at the heart of their manifesto seems to be fair funding, Plaid Cymru appear to be keen to secure funds for efficient public services.

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Plaid Cymru’s manifesto sounds really ambitious and focused on addressing key issues like healthcare, public transport, and economic fairness. How do you think these pledges could impact the upcoming elections in Wales? And how does Plaid Cymru’s focus on fairness and ambition compare to other parties’ platforms?

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I think Plaid Cymru may be able to make some gains in the drop in support of the Conservatives. This will likely be made easier by the surge in Reform splitting the vote for the centre-right and right voters. Other parties seem to be focusing more on the national agenda rather than having measures specifically introduced for Wales. Labour is looking like it wants to grant more power to the devolved administrations similar to what Plaid Cymru is seeking to achieve.

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