THE PLAN FOR FIRST 100 DAYS

Plaid Cymru will today publish its plan for the first 100 days of government should it win the Senedd election on 7th May.

The plan will be launched by Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth today (09.30am Saturday February 28 2026) during a special press conference at Plaid Cymru’s spring conference at the ICC in Newport.

Current polling indicates the battle for the Senedd is between Plaid Cymru and Reform UK with Labour likely to fall to at least third place.

The plan outlines actions a Plaid Cymru government would take in its first 100 days on all major departments including the NHS, economy, education, rural affairs, the environment, housing, and fairness for Wales from the UK Government.

It also lays down a marker in terms of how a Plaid Cymru administration would differ from any which has gone before it.

Speaking ahead of the launch, Plaid Cymru Leader Rhun ap Iorwerth said people had lost faith in government and Plaid Cymru wanted to ‘restore that faith’.

He said his party was ‘determined’ to make government work better, istening to people, and uniting public services as One Welsh Public Service, ‘guided by clear values, transparency, and putting people at the heart of everything we do’.

Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth said the last twenty-seven years of Labour rule had left Wales ‘wanting’ with the NHS ‘overwhelmed’, educational standards ‘among the worst in Europe’, and an economy ‘still too tied to Westminster to have any real firepower’.

The Plaid Cymru leader said Plaid Cymru was the only party with a ‘detailed plan of action’ that represents the ‘genuine new leadership the people of Wales deserve’ and hoped it would ‘inspire’ voters to put their faith in the party to lead the next Welsh government.

Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth MS added that a Plaid Cymru government under his leadership would be serious about tackling child poverty, bringing NHS waiting lists down, driving up educational attainment and make Wales a better place to do business.

Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth MS said,

“In May, Wales faces the most significant election in its history.

“Nearly twenty-seven years of Labour led rule has left our nation wanting. An NHS overwhelmed by demand, educational standards among the worst in Europe, and an economy still too tied to Westminster to have any real firepower.

“Others may promise change but as this plan proves, Plaid Cymru is the only party with a detailed plan of action, representing the genuine new leadership the people of Wales deserve.

“We take nothing for granted, but the challenges facing our communities are so many in number and complex in nature that it would be irresponsible not to set out how a Plaid Cymru government would plan to start addressing them.

“Underpinning our programme is a conviction that our government must be a better government. People in Wales have increasingly lost faith in governments – they are seen as distant, not reflecting their priorities, telling not listening, talking not doing. We set out our new approach as a government – to bring our public services together as One Welsh Public Service and establish core values that will drive our all work.

Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwertth MS added,

“As First Minister, my promise to the people of Wales is simple – to lead a team that works  hard every day to make your life better. A government that is serious about tackling the national scandal of child poverty, relentless in its focus on bringing down waiting lists, committed to driving up educational attainment and passionate about making Wales a better place to do business, providing high-skilled, well-paid jobs.

“Nearly thirty years since the citizens of Wales said ‘Yes’ to a parliament of their own, my hope is that Plaid Cymru’s vision, and our roadmap for putting it into action – of which this First 100 Days plan is a key element – will inspire the voters of today to put their faith in us to lead the next Welsh government.

“Westminster has ignored Wales’s voice for too long. With Plaid Cymru at the helm, the UK Prime Minister will be left in no doubt what a strong, effective and compassionate government looks like as the old order is replaced with new leadership, new energy and new ideas.

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