Cymru’s checkered councilors “make a real difference in people’s everyday lives,” party leader Adam Price will say as he launches his local election campaign.
On Friday, he will cite as a clear example the Plaid Councils’ policy of extending free school meals to all their secondary students.
Plaid Cymru currently leads four councils in Wales – Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Anglesey and Gwynedd.
In the previous municipal elections in 2017, the party had made modest gains overall.
Five years ago it increased its majority in Gwynedd and became the largest party in Anglesey, increasing its number of councilors across Wales by 33 to 202.
There were also significant wins at Rhondda Cynon Taf, Carmarthenshire and Neath Port Talbot.
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Joining Council candidates at an event in Deganwy, Conwy, Mr Price will list three key priorities to be presented to voters on Election Day on May 5 – free school meals, housing and securing jobs and income.
Free meals are already being extended to all children in primary school as part of Plaid’s cooperation agreement with Labor Ministers in the Senedd, starting in September this year with some of the youngest pupils.
Mr Price announced in his party’s conference speech last month that Plaid Cymru-led councils would aim to extend the offer to all secondary school students.
On Friday he will underline the party’s policy of “tackling the housing crisis in Wales by building more energy efficient, truly affordable homes and taking radical action on second homes and ending homelessness”.
He will also pledge to “strengthen local supply chains and support local businesses – to safeguard local jobs and income amid a cost of living crisis that many simply cannot weather.”
“This is Plaid Cymru at its best – taking action to truly transform people’s daily lives,” he will say.
The Plaid Cymru leader will also publish the party’s local election manifesto entitled “Making a Difference.”
Mr Price says the document “identifies problems, offers solutions and, most importantly, proves how Plaid Cymru councilors are making a difference in communities across Wales”.
Ahead of Friday’s launch event, Mr Price said Wales needed “strong local voices that refuse to accept that this is what is best for our communities”.
“The checkered Cymru councilors have a strong track record of standing shoulder-to-shoulder with people they represent – from running food banks to leading flood clean-up efforts,” he said.
“And over the past two years, Plaid Cymru’s four Council Chairmen and their teams have done what it takes to protect public health in their communities by keeping children learning, businesses continuing to trade and essential services like garbage collection continue to function.”
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