0:00:12 > 0:00:15Welsh Conservatives have a clear vision for our future.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18We want to invest in our local services,
0:00:18 > 0:00:20we want to end wasteful spending,
0:00:20 > 0:00:24and, above all, we want to put you in charge of your local communities.
0:00:24 > 0:00:29And we want to empower people, delivering real devolution for Wales
0:00:29 > 0:00:32by putting power in the hands of local people.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Welsh Conservatives believe in freezing council tax.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38While Scotland and England benefit,
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Labour has refused to freeze council tax in Wales,
0:00:41 > 0:00:47even though bills have surged by 140% since 1997.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Under Labour in Wales, unemployment is high
0:00:50 > 0:00:53and businesses are shutting up shop.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57We'd help businesses hire new staff, to grow and expand,
0:00:57 > 0:01:01to get local economies moving and high streets thriving.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04We'll increase frontline funding for schools.
0:01:04 > 0:01:09Under Labour in Wales, £604 less is spent per pupil than in England.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11We'd fund schools directly,
0:01:11 > 0:01:14so head teachers, teachers and governors
0:01:14 > 0:01:18- not civil servants - decide where money is best spent.
0:01:18 > 0:01:23We'll enhance transparency and accountability in local government.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25Already, Conservative councils in Wales
0:01:25 > 0:01:28are opening up government and publishing expenditure.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30Labour doesn't bother.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32The local elections on May 3rd
0:01:32 > 0:01:35are so important for every single local community
0:01:35 > 0:01:38the length and breadth of Wales.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41School standards are slipping behind other UK nations,
0:01:41 > 0:01:44and four out of ten schoolchildren
0:01:44 > 0:01:47start secondary school unable to read properly.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49It is a shameful record
0:01:49 > 0:01:52and is failing our small but proud country.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54And what about Plaid Cymru?
0:01:54 > 0:01:59Well, after their election failure last year, they've got a new leader,
0:01:59 > 0:02:01a far-left socialist
0:02:01 > 0:02:04who believes in isolation for Wales and republicanism.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07If you've voted Plaid before
0:02:07 > 0:02:11and, like us, are proud of Wales, proud of our language,
0:02:11 > 0:02:16proud of our heritage, culture and of the diversity in communities,
0:02:16 > 0:02:23and if you believe in hard work, meritocracy, fairness and ambition,
0:02:23 > 0:02:26then you have a home with us in the Welsh Conservatives.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30So on May 3rd, don't let Labour do to your local council
0:02:30 > 0:02:32what it did to our country.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Don't let Plaid cut the rest of Wales off
0:02:34 > 0:02:36from the rest of the United Kingdom.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40So vote Welsh Conservative to empower your communities
0:02:40 > 0:02:44so that you are in charge after May 3rd.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Vote Welsh Conservative.