These are summaries of proposals, not quotations or assessments of whether they were delivered. Open each issue for its mechanism, original estimates, timing and source.
Housing
Introduce a Right to Adequate Housing Bill in Wales that would include powers for rent controls, and expand social and municipal housing stock. At Westminster, keep Local Housing Allowance at the 30th percentile of market rents and devolve the Broad Market Rental Area mechanism to Wales.
Scope: Wales; housing is devolved — mostly Senedd commitments, with Westminster asks on Local Housing Allowance
Mechanism, cost, funding and source
- Mechanism
- A Plaid Cymru Welsh government would plan the social housing expansion with communities and support councils and housing associations to build; Housing First and rapid rehousing would be used to tackle homelessness. It cites existing powers to cap second and holiday homes and council tax premiums on second and empty homes, and proposes planning reform and enforcement funding for councils.
- Published cost
- No cost published in the manifesto
- Funding
- Social housing expansion would use a mixture of public and private funding streams; second-home council tax premiums are described as funding social housing.
- Timing
- Not stated
- What remains unclear
- The manifesto does not give a number of homes, a delivery date or details of how rent controls would be set.
Original manifesto · PDF pp. 30–33 (printed pp. 30–33); PDF p. 41 (printed p. 41)
NHS
Restore GP funding to 8.7% of the Welsh health budget and recruit an additional 500 GPs, pay social care workers at least £1 above the Real Living Wage, open a dental school in Bangor and introduce a Stop Cancer Strategy. The Westminster ask is a fairer, needs-based funding model for Wales and the transfer of powers over the Mental Health Act.
Scope: Wales; health is devolved — manifesto sets out Westminster asks on funding and Mental Health Act powers alongside Welsh commitments
Mechanism, cost, funding and source
- Mechanism
- Fair funding from Westminster would be used to invest in the NHS workforce; other measures include implementing NHS wage restoration, a new nurses' contract, a regulator for senior health managers, scrapping dental charge increases and working towards a National Care Service free at the point of use. The social care pay rise would be index linked, which the party says means a full-time worker is paid more than £1,800 above the Real Living Wage.
- Published cost
- No cost published in the manifesto
- Funding
- Healthcare funded through general taxation; additional investment linked to a fairer, needs-based funding model from Westminster.
- Timing
- The 500 GPs pledge is described as a two-term pledge; NHS wage restoration should be implemented as soon as possible; other timing not stated.
- What remains unclear
- The manifesto does not say how much additional funding is needed or how the commitments depend on a new funding formula being agreed.
Original manifesto · PDF pp. 3, 12–17 (printed pp. 3, 12–17)
Tax and spending
Equalise capital gains tax with income tax, increase the windfall tax on energy companies, re-introduce the cap on bankers' bonuses, support a wealth tax and abolish non-dom loopholes. Westminster asks include a needs-based funding formula replacing Barnett, £4bn for Wales from HS2, Senedd powers over income tax bands and thresholds, and increasing Child Benefit by £20 per week.
Scope: UK-wide reserved taxes plus Wales; most tax is reserved — manifesto sets out Westminster asks and calls for fiscal devolution
Mechanism, cost, funding and source
- Mechanism
- The party would shift the tax burden towards those with the broadest shoulders, investigate higher earners' National Insurance, crack down on tax evasion and avoidance, charge VAT on private school fees and increase Air Passenger Duty and kerosene tax for private jets. It also seeks removal of limits on Welsh Government borrowing and an Economic Fairness Bill.
- Published cost
- Equalising capital gains tax with income tax is stated to raise £12bn–£15bn, with no year basis given; no other costings or yields are published.
- Funding
- Additional public service spending is linked to a needs-based funding formula and the £4bn HS2 money sought from Westminster; the capital gains tax yield is not allocated to specific spending.
- Timing
- Not stated
- What remains unclear
- IFS: a needs-based funding formula would not necessarily give Wales more money and could reduce Welsh Government funding by around £1 billion a year.
Original manifesto · PDF pp. 3, 8 (printed pp. 3, 8); also PDF pp. 20, 35, 39, 44, 58
IFS scrutiny of this programmeWork
Devolve employment law to Wales; reverse anti-strike legislation, outlaw fire and re-hire, abolish compulsory zero-hours contracts, establish a right to disconnect and make paid bereavement and miscarriage leave day one rights. Increase Statutory Sick Pay in line with Statutory Maternity Pay and extend it to all employees.
Scope: UK; employment law is reserved — manifesto sets out Westminster asks and calls for devolution of employment law
Mechanism, cost, funding and source
- Mechanism
- Through legislation at Westminster: tackle insecure work, reform Shared Parental Leave, consider paid carer's leave and extend two weeks' statutory bereavement leave and pay to anyone with a close relationship to the deceased. In Wales it proposes an apprenticeship living wage and paying social care workers at least £1 above the Real Living Wage.
- Published cost
- No cost published in the manifesto
- Funding
- Not stated
- Timing
- Not stated
- What remains unclear
- The manifesto does not set out how insecure work would be defined or what the reformed Shared Parental Leave would look like.
Original manifesto · PDF p. 11 (printed p. 11); also PDF pp. 10, 16, 17, 41
Education
Extend universal free school meals to secondary pupils in years 7 to 11, recruit and retain 5000 teachers and support staff, and create Meithrin Cymru, a free Welsh-medium early years and childcare service from 12 months. Remove private school charitable status, charge VAT on fees and end their business rates exemption; the Westminster ask is to devolve Wales's share of UK Research and Innovation spending.
Scope: Wales; education is devolved — mostly Senedd commitments, with Westminster asks on funding, private school VAT and research funding
Mechanism, cost, funding and source
- Mechanism
- Measures include reviewing teacher bursaries, reducing workload with unions, a formal role for teaching assistants, and a Lifetime Learning Allowance with a £5,000 grant to the Personal Learning Accounts of everyone over 25. Tuition and maintenance loans at Levels 4–6 would be available to all adults, and the party would work with universities on a plan to make university free again.
- Published cost
- No cost published in the manifesto
- Funding
- School resourcing is linked to securing fair funding for Wales.
- Timing
- The Lifetime Learning Allowance grant would initially be trialled with people recently made redundant; other timing not stated.
- What remains unclear
- The manifesto does not say when free university education would be introduced or how much the meals, staffing and learning grant pledges would cost.
Original manifesto · PDF pp. 19–22 (printed pp. 19–22)
Energy
Westminster asks: full Welsh control over energy powers without the current 350MW limit, devolution of the Crown Estate in Wales with profits going into a Sovereign Wealth Fund, devolution of Ofgem's grid and market design responsibilities, and a Social Tariff for Energy. The party opposes new nuclear power station sites and new oil and gas licences and would keep the fracking ban.
Scope: Wales and UK; energy market regulation is largely reserved — manifesto sets out Westminster asks and calls for devolution of energy powers
Mechanism, cost, funding and source
- Mechanism
- It would expand community-owned renewables through Ynni Cymru, establish a Welsh energy systems operator, push for changes to National Grid structure and planning so communities benefit from local projects, and seek to reduce standing charges. It also supports an increased windfall tax on energy companies and a long-term retrofit plan.
- Published cost
- No cost published in the manifesto
- Funding
- Not stated
- Timing
- Reaffirms a target of net zero in Wales by 2035; other timing not stated.
- What remains unclear
- The manifesto does not say how the Social Tariff would be designed or funded, or by how much standing charges would fall.
Original manifesto · PDF pp. 34–37 (printed pp. 34–37); also PDF p. 8
Immigration
Oppose deportation to Rwanda, provide safe routes with asylum processing before reaching the UK, repeal the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 and Illegal Migration Act 2023, and end the 'No Recourse to Public Funds' clause. It seeks Quebec-style powers for Wales over migration, including its own Shortage Occupation List and visa schemes.
Scope: UK; immigration is reserved — manifesto sets out Westminster asks and calls for devolution of some migration powers
Mechanism, cost, funding and source
- Mechanism
- Asylum claims could be processed in a third country such as France or at British embassies and consulates, with an online tool indicating likely outcomes and proportionate dispersal across the UK. It opposes increases to skilled worker and family visa thresholds and fees, supports keeping the graduate route and remaining in the European Court of Human Rights, and supports a Gaza family reunification scheme.
- Published cost
- No cost published in the manifesto
- Funding
- Not stated
- Timing
- Not stated
- What remains unclear
- The manifesto does not set out how Welsh visa schemes would operate alongside the UK system or give any migration level target.
Original manifesto · PDF pp. 54–56 (printed pp. 54–56); also PDF p. 16