We will change the way that Welsh Government works to ensure that it really delivers for the people of Wales.
Rather than spreading resources too thinly across too many government initiatives, we will concentrate them on our key priorities – bringing down waiting lists, supporting families with the cost of living, creating good, well-paid jobs, raising educational standards and tackling child poverty.
We will work with the Welsh civil service to review and reform ways of working to deliver on our priorities, building a coherent and effective Welsh public service that is open, cooperative and focused on improving people’s lives. We will set challenging targets, drive cultural change and base our work on high quality evidence and data. And we will progress plans for a Welsh National School of Government.
As part of a wider Digital Strategy for Wales, a Plaid Cymru government will prioritise innovation, including in how digital technologies are used across government – improving access to services and strengthening the use of data to drive evidence-led policy-making.
We will determine whether existing strategies and structures are serving their purpose and delivering meaningful outcomes. If not, we will replace them or bring them to an end.
We are rightly proud of Wales’s world-leading Well-being of Future Generations Act. However, too often its implementation has resulted in repetitive and overlapping plans and strategies, rather than tangible outcomes that improve people’s lives.
Plaid Cymru will review the Act and work with the Future Generations Commissioner to ensure it delivers meaningful, measurable change and makes a real difference to the lives of people in Wales.