Welsh Conservative Party: 11/04/2012 Party Election Broadcasts

Welsh Conservatives have a clear vision for our future.

We want to invest in our local services,

we want to end wasteful spending,

and, above all, we want to put you in charge of your local communities.

And we want to empower people, delivering real devolution for Wales

by putting power in the hands of local people.

Welsh Conservatives believe in freezing council tax.

While Scotland and England benefit,

Labour has refused to freeze council tax in Wales,

even though bills have surged by 140% since 1997.

Under Labour in Wales, unemployment is high

and businesses are shutting up shop.

We'd help businesses hire new staff, to grow and expand,

to get local economies moving and high streets thriving.

We'll increase frontline funding for schools.

Under Labour in Wales, £604 less is spent per pupil than in England.

We'd fund schools directly,

so head teachers, teachers and governors

- not civil servants - decide where money is best spent.

We'll enhance transparency and accountability in local government.

Already, Conservative councils in Wales

are opening up government and publishing expenditure.

Labour doesn't bother.

The local elections on May 3rd

are so important for every single local community

the length and breadth of Wales.

School standards are slipping behind other UK nations,

and four out of ten schoolchildren

start secondary school unable to read properly.

It is a shameful record

and is failing our small but proud country.

And what about Plaid Cymru?

Well, after their election failure last year, they've got a new leader,

a far-left socialist

who believes in isolation for Wales and republicanism.

If you've voted Plaid before

and, like us, are proud of Wales, proud of our language,

proud of our heritage, culture and of the diversity in communities,

and if you believe in hard work, meritocracy, fairness and ambition,

then you have a home with us in the Welsh Conservatives.

So on May 3rd, don't let Labour do to your local council

what it did to our country.

Don't let Plaid cut the rest of Wales off

from the rest of the United Kingdom.

So vote Welsh Conservative to empower your communities

so that you are in charge after May 3rd.

Vote Welsh Conservative.