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Farage Says Welsh Election Will Decide Starmer’s Premiership
Reform UK presents policies targeting immigration and public services, framing the Senedd election as a chance to end Labour's 20-year dominance, Nigel Farage said.
- On Thursday, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage launched the Senedd manifesto at the International Convention Centre Wales, Newport, framing the May 7 vote as a 'referendum' on Sir Keir Starmer's premiership.
- Reform UK presented its manifesto as a response to long-standing Labour dominance, pledging to 'put Wales first' by ending foreign aid and prioritising Welsh people for social housing.
- Reform outlined fiscal and transport pledges including a 1p Welsh income tax cut, scrapping the default 20mph speed limit and ending Nation of Sanctuary status, plus an M4 relief road and A55 upgrades.
- Opponents swiftly criticised the manifesto, with Welsh Labour calling it 'a Tory manifesto in Reform clothing' with unfunded promises and the Institute for Fiscal Studies warning tax cuts risk service cuts.
- Recent polls show Reform UK and Plaid Cymru vying for first in the 7 May Senedd election, as two Conservative MSs joined Reform last year and the IFS estimated a policy could cost 371m in 2026/27.
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