WELSH labour leadership candidate Jeremy Miles set out plans to support trade unions, recruit members and drive up union recognition and collective bargaining in the private sector today.

The leadership hopeful has said he would also restore funding to the Wales Union Learning Fund and appoint a minister for work in the Welsh government.

Mr Miles said: “The trades unions established the Labour Party to be the voice of working people in Parliament.

“Since then, Labour governments in the UK and Wales have introduced transformational policies that have improved workers’ lives for the better.

“We must now build on the good work we have done so far. And under my leadership, we will do that and go on to do even more.”

Mr Miles faces Vaughan Gething in the contest, whose campaign focuses on his vision for a “fairer future for Wales” with a pledge to give every person the chance to succeed by creating “good, green jobs and opportunities.”