The following email is from Mark Drakeford to Welsh Labour members. I wanted to share it here to show why I believe in this Party and have faith in them to deliver a brighter tomorrow for everyone in Wales. They will also be in a stronger position to do this if they are able to work with a Labour Party in Westminster.
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On Monday I unveiled our Welsh Labour manifesto. It is a bold plan for how the Welsh Labour Government will work side-by-side with a UK Labour Government, led by Jeremy Corbyn. It’s a plan that will deliver for each and every community across Wales. But we need your help on the doorstep to make sure we can deliver it.
Over the past few weeks, we’ve shown what our people-powered campaign can do. Thousands of Welsh Labour members have been pounding the streets of towns, villages and cities spreading our positive vision for Wales’ prosperous future under a UK Labour Government.
Unlike the Tories who rely on their big donors, our campaign is funded by the generosity of hundreds of thousands of individual people who want to bring about real change.
Our Welsh Labour manifesto works hand in hand with the UK Manifesto in helping us deliver for Wales like never before, including:
- £3.4bn extra, each year to invest in schools, the NHS and local government.
- A green industrial revolution, creating thousands of new green jobs.
- A £10 living wage, for all workers aged 16 and over.
- A final say on Brexit, where Welsh Labour will campaign unequivocally to remain.
- A ban on zero hours contracts, giving people the security they need at work.
- Extend free social care, supporting more people when it really matters.
- Strengthened parental rights, by extending statutory maternity leave to 12 months and doubling paternity leave.
- Scrap tuition fees, building on the best student support package in the UK.
- An end to the Tories’ disastrous Universal Credit, no ifs, no buts.
- Four new bank holidays, including a public holiday for St. David’s Day.
I hope you’ll agree that this plan is a blueprint for the Wales that we all want to see.
And with your help over these crucial final few weeks of the campaign, that’s the future we can have.
Welsh Labour is the only party that is standing up for Wales.
Let’s get out there and spread the word – see you on the Labour Doorstep!
I look forward to seeing you on the campaign trail!
Best wishes,
Mark Drakeford AM
Welsh Labour Leader & First Minister of Wales