With Wales’ First Minister Eluned Morgan marking her first year in the role this month - she took the opportunity to speak about delivering what ‘people in Wales want’ - but a list of yet more hollow promises from another Government leader is definitely not what people desire.
“One year ago, I became your First Minister, and I made a promise to listen, to learn and to deliver on the things that matter most to you. You were clear: Wales needs action – not more words – on four big things: health, jobs, homes and transport,” stated Wales’ first female First Minister.
“We’ve invested record sums in the NHS, with the number of people waiting longer than two years for treatment falling by more than half over the past 12 months.
“We’ve helped create more than 40,000 jobs this Senedd term so far, backed Welsh businesses, and secured one of the biggest rises in inward investment anywhere in the UK.
“Right across the country, regeneration projects are transforming town centres, and we’re investing three times more in arts venues than a decade ago.
“Every primary school pupil in Wales now gets a free school meal and we’ve put an extra £262 million into schools, giving every child the best start in life.
“We’ve fixed thousands of potholes, invested hundreds of millions to make our roads safer and most journeys are now on new trains,” listed Labour’s Welsh Government leader.
Anyone living in Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion may find those examples listed as laughable...or was the First Minister merely referring to Wales’ capital Cardiff?
Plaid Cymru Member of the Senedd, Heledd Fychan probably more honestly summed up the First Minister’s term in the role as a year ‘encapsulated by a record of failure’ - from missing her own target to eliminate two year NHS treatment waits, to faltering educational outcomes, rising levels of poverty in our communities, and a failure to improve public services.
“It’s clear that this Labour government is out of ideas, out of time and Wales will only see change when Labour’s First Minister is out of office,” added the Plaid Senedd Member.
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