REFORM’S manifesto pledges would leave Welsh public services facing a £1 billion black hole, Plaid Cymru has warned.

With little more than four weeks until Wales goes to the polls, questions are being raised as to how Reform’s plans to cut income tax by a penny in the pound — costing £371 million in year one — and its pledge to build an M4 relief road at a cost of nearly half a billion a year for five years can be delivered without taking an axe to essential public services.

Plaid Cymru’s economy spokesman Luke Fletcher said: “Reform’s divisive rhetoric would rip our communities apart.

“Their hidden-austerity agenda, designed to give their billionaire buddies a tax-cut, would destroy our vital public services.

“The manifesto sums simply don’t add up — it would create a £1bn black hole in Wales’ public finances. 

“It’s fantasy economics with no costings. That’s not a plan, it’s a gamble.

“It’s clear that the ex-Tories of Reform aren’t serious about governing Wales — they’re only interested in creating chaos and division that serves their own purpose.

“Our communities deserve so much better.”