Welsh Conservatives to launch Senedd election manifesto
The Welsh Conservatives are set to launch their 2026 Senedd election manifesto today.
Welsh Conservative leader Darren Millar MS will unveil the document, titled Fix Wales, at the St David’s Hotel in Cardiff. He is expected to describe it as a “positive plan to get Wales working”.
“People in Wales are crying out for positive change,” he will say. “This is our credible and costed plan to deliver just that.
“Our message to the people of Wales is this: no matter where you live, or what your circumstances are, you’ll be better off under a Welsh Conservative Government.”
The manifesto is expected to centre on tax cuts, infrastructure investment and reforms to public services.
Among the headline commitments is a 1p cut to the basic rate of income tax, which the party says would save the average working family £450 a year. The Conservatives also plan to cap council tax increases and require referendums for rises above 5%.
Housing measures include scrapping Welsh Stamp Duty on main homes and restoring the Right to Buy in a bid to boost home ownership.
On the economy, the party proposes re-establishing a Welsh Development Agency to attract inward investment and create jobs, alongside a target of delivering 125,000 apprenticeships over the next Senedd term. It also plans to boost the farming budget by £100m.
Infrastructure pledges include delivering an M4 relief road, upgrades to the A55 in North Wales and dualling the A40 to Fishguard.
The manifesto also backs nuclear power for energy security while introducing a moratorium on large-scale wind and solar farms.
In education, the Conservatives propose a £1,000 tuition fee discount for students studying STEM subjects and refunds of tuition fees for nursing, medicine, teaching and dentistry graduates who commit to working in Wales for at least five years.
The party has previously outlined plans to declare a health emergency and increase hospital bed numbers.
Mr Millar is expected to criticise Labour’s record in government and dismiss smaller parties as lacking credibility.
Opinion polls have suggested the Welsh Conservatives are currently trailing in fourth place ahead of May’s election.
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Going to cost me then and fluff up his backers bank accounts and pie in the sky motorway project and increase my life risks.
Seems normal for tory, expect a lot of BadEnoch stance as well. She is out with Trumps policies at the moment.
Still the party of unfunded tax cuts, is it. Fiscal prudence really did end with Liz.
Unless they have a secret plan to charge for GP appointments. That might cover it.
The condemed man ate a hearty meal
Woweee, a whole 1p cut in tax!!! While better than nothing, what amounts to less than 9 quid a week doesn’t actually amount to much, and the promtion of ideas that have been peddled before and hacve failed is hardly very promising. Along with Labour, all the Tories can offer us is yet more warmed over neoliberal economics that we all know just do not work. All they have ever achieved has been the transfer of huge amounts of wealth into the pockets of the very wealthy who pay very little tax, and the big global corporations who often pay… Read more »
“scrapping Welsh Stamp Duty on main homes”
Only those paying over the average price pay LTT so this is a gift for their wealthy chums.
What their liefesto won’t say is anything about closing and redeveloping the Senedd building into high end, unaffordable homes. If you hate Wales, vote ‘Hate Wales’ party.