The Welsh Conservatives have said they will "build a better Wales" if elected into Government in the upcoming Senedd elections.
Launching their campaign, the party's leader Andrew RT Davies promised new jobs, to freeze council tax for two years and an M4 relief road - a scheme scrapped in 2019 by the Labour run Welsh Government after years of wrangling.
If elected, the party promise:
- 65,000 new jobs
- A council tax freeze for at least the next two years
- A £2 billion fund for an M4 Relief Road, upgrades to the A55 and A40, and green charging points
- New hospitals and extra funding for the NHS every year, with 3,000 more nurses and 1,200 doctors
- 5,000 more teachers and more investment in Welsh education
- More police and a promise to cut crime in communities across Wales
- Restoring right to buy in Wales
- Make Wales net zero by 2050
Mr Davies used a campaign video to tell people his party was offering "real change".
"If the past year has shown us anything, it’s that when it comes to the crunch, people in Wales step up.
"So now we need a Welsh Government that does the same because the pandemic has put Wales at a crossroads. And the election will decide which road we take.
"So on May 6, we’ll decide whether we get more of the same setbacks and letdowns of the last 20 years under Labour or whether we take our chance to get real change.
"That’s what I am about, and that’s what the Welsh Conservatives’ are about. We have a plan for our nation’s recovery — a plan that reaches every city, town and community in Wales."
Labour has already launched its campaign, and Plaid Cymru's will take place on Friday.
Mr Davies said the party's manifesto will follow which will list how the list of policies would be paid for, but said these were the issues people wanted addressing and that money was being made available from the UK Government.
"These are things that we need, in our health service, education system and infrastructure. From a UK Government point of view, there will be funding made available for the M4 relief road and we know there are considerable sums of money from the Covid relief fund going forward.
"This is about having our priorities aligned".
Asked if he believed he would be First Minister after the election, due in May, he said: "The people of Wales will decide that. In 2019,. 550,000 people voted for Welsh Conservatives and there are only two parties that can say they are in a position to form a Government. We have got to energise centre right voters and and this is a chance in a generation to end 21 years of rule by Labour".
