Overview
- Eluned Morgan set out costed pledges including £4 billion for new hospitals, a £2 cap on adult bus fares, 20,000 new childcare places, and a freeze on the Welsh income tax rate.
- The First Minister attacked Nigel Farage’s Reform UK as “repackaged Tories” using Wales as a “stepping stone” and argued Plaid Cymru does not answer everyday worries.
- A YouGov seat-by-seat analysis projected Plaid on about 43 seats, Reform on 30 and Labour on 12, which signals no overall majority and likely bargaining after the vote.
- Reform leaders said voters will end Labour’s rule and promised a credible plan for Wales, while Mark Drakeford said a cross-left Senedd could block any Reform nominee for First Minister.
- Plaid Cymru launched its campaign with a “hope” message after momentum from the Caerphilly by-election, casting the race as a choice between Plaid and Reform.