Labour to unveil vision for a 'fairer future Wales'

WELSH Labour leader Eluned Morgan will today unveil the party’s Senedd election pledges with a promise to introduce easy-to-access, same-day mental health services for all.

- JASON EVANS

First Minister Eluned Morgan Senedd Cymru

With just over two months until the election, the First Minister will address an invited audience in Newport including new Senedd candidates, setting out her priorities for the campaign and her vision for a fairer future Wales.

As part of her speech, she is expected to say: "Fairness today cannot mean permanent patience. It cannot mean 'bear with us' It cannot mean 'it's complicated' It cannot mean 'come back in five years."

Ms Morgan is also expected to liken Labour to the Chartists, a working class movement for political reform during the 1830s, '40s and '50s which attracted strong support in the South Wales Valleys. In 1839 the "Newport Rising" saw thousands of Chartists march on the town where they were met by gunfire from soldiers.

Among the policies due to be revealed are a £2 bus fare cap and 100 additional bus routes; a lifelong retraining guarantee; a crackdown on flytippers; and a vision for an “energy-independent Wales”