Caerphilly by-election chance to “begin reset” of politics in Wales

Plaid Cymru Leader Rhun ap Iorwerth will today take his party’s positive message of change to Caerphilly where a by-election for the Senedd will be held on 23 October.

Campaigning with Plaid Cymru activists and local candidate Lindsay Whittle - the party’s hugely experienced council group leader and former Assembly Member for the region – Rhun ap Iorwerth will portray the by-election as an opportunity to “begin a reset” of politics in Wales with a campaign focused on better government and delivery.

The Plaid Cymru Leader will accuse the Labour Party of “taking valleys communities for granted for too long” and claim that Reform are “nothing but empty vessels” when it comes to proposing serious ideas about improving the lives of people in Wales.

Rhun ap Iorwerth MS is expected to say:

“The Caerphilly by-election is a chance to begin a reset of politics in Wales.

A Plaid Cymru win for our excellent local candidate Lindsay Whittle will be the first step towards the change of government that Wales so desperately needs – to have a Wales-based party with a ‘made in Wales’ plan.

The Labour Party has taken valleys communities for granted for too long.

Community services have been decimated; wages are stubbornly low and NHS waiting lists are still too high.

Meanwhile, Reform UK are nothing but empty vessels without a single serious idea for improving the lives of Wales’s people and their communities.

People want to feel hope once again – that is what Plaid Cymru offers. Not Labour’s stagnation or Reform’s fantasy politics.

Only a vote for Plaid Cymru on 23rd October will set our nation on a path towards better government which delivers for the people of Wales after twenty-six years of Labour failure.”