Reform launch Welsh Manifesto
- Patriot News UK Newsdesk
- Mar 4
- 2 min read
4 March 2026
Reform UK has launched its Senedd election manifesto in Wales, with party leader Nigel Farage saying the vote on 7 May is a "referendum" on Sir Keir Starmer's leadership as prime minister.
The party promised to cut 1p off every band of income tax, and scrap the 20mph speed limit in built up areas.
It promised to build an M4 relief road, which Nigel Farage said would be paid through tolls.
Reform's Welsh leader Dan Thomas told the launch event in Newport that the manifesto was a "blueprint for real change", claiming Reform was the new "people's army".
Led by Farage, polling suggests Reform is vying with Plaid Cymru for first place in the 7 May vote for Wales' parliament.
Thomas, a former London council leader who was appointed by Farage in February, called the manifesto an "action plan" - saying the party was "ready for government" and would "put the people of Wales first".
Reform would not send money abroad to fund foreign aid and would shut Welsh government offices in China, he said.
"We will spend your money where it's needed most," he said, adding that included the health service.
Farage said Labour, which has won every major UK or Welsh parliamentary election in Wales for a century, had "owned Wales" in the past.
"This is a defining election - not just for Wales - not just for us - but the prime minister," said Farage.
"If the Labour result is anything like the current opinion polls, Wales will end the premiership of Sir Keir Starmer.
"If we get this right we will get rid of the worst prime minister any of us have seen in our lifetimes."
The party has promised to cut 1p off every pound on all bands of Welsh income tax.
Reform said the cut would "jumpstart the Welsh economy" and would be funded by "reductions in expenditure elsewhere".
It goes further than Tory promises earlier this week - the party promised to just cut the basic rate by a penny.
Reform's manifesto includes plans to prioritise "Welsh people for social housing".
Asked what that meant and who would be considered Welsh, a Reform spokesman said it would be "based on long-term residence".
The party is also promising to "implement key road upgrades" including an M4 relief road in south Wales and the A55 in north Wales - similar to pledges made by the Conservatives.
The M4 relief road was last seriously discussed by the Welsh government in the 2010s, before former first minister Mark Drakeford ditched the scheme in 2019.
Farage told BBC Wales the M4 was "a bit of a disaster", saying his Welsh party leader Thomas wanted to "get private capital in, make it a toll road and give the people the option of doing it".
Reform said it would "scrap" default 20mph limits. The Tories have also said they would reverse the limit and "adopt a targeted approach".
The party is also promising to scrap international aid and instead "spend taxpayers cash in Wales", and end the Welsh government's Nation of Sanctuary policy.
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