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As a Welsh Labour Party affiliate Unison has prepared a bold agenda for its conference in Llandudno this weekend. JESS TURNER explains
PUTTING MEANING INTO PROGRESSIVE FORM: The Senedd building by the Richard Rogers Partnership is designed to meet advanced environmental norms - it opened on March 1 2006, in front of it stands The Merchant Seaman’s Memorial by sculptor Brian Fell - completed in 1994 it faces Cardiff Bay

AS WELSH Labour conference meets, we are now just 18 months out from the next Senedd elections. There is no doubt that this will be at the forefront of minds in the party and trade union affiliates, like Unison.

For Labour to win in 2026 Welsh Labour will need a clear and bold manifesto. Unison, as the voice of public service workers, has a few ideas to help the party with that task.

Let’s start with social care. One of the First Minister’s four priorities for this government is to reduce NHS waiting lists – something both needed and with clear appeal. However, you cannot fix the crisis in health without fixing social care.

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