M4 relief road and income tax cuts in Welsh Tories' election manifesto The Welsh Conservative party says it would save the average working family £450 per year in income tax cuts and would build an M4 relief road if it wins the Senedd election.

On Tuesday the party will become the first to launch a manifesto for May's election, with Senedd Tory leader Darren Millar promising to "put more money into the pockets of hardworking people" when he unveils his plans in Cardiff.

In addition to promising to cut 1p off the basic rate of income tax, the party said it would also demand referendums on council tax increases over 5% and scrap Welsh stamp duty on the purchase of a main home.

Millar is expected to say at the launch that Wales is "crying out for positive change".

Each political party will publish a manifesto - a list of pledges explaining to voters what it would do if elected - ahead of the 7 May election for Wales' parliament.

The Tories have performed poorly in recent opinion polls, suggesting they could come fourth at the election for the Welsh Parliament.

Although publicly the party is saying it could form the next government, privately its politicians acknowledge it could have a smaller role and lose seats in the new, larger Senedd.

It won 16 at the last election in 2021, making it the second largest party at the time, although it has lost Senedd members since then.

At the manifesto launch event in Cardiff, Millar is expected to pitch his manifesto as a "positive plan to unleash economic growth, create jobs, promote home ownership, cut taxes and waste, put more money into the pockets of hardworking people across the country, and fix our public services".

"People in Wales are crying out for positive change, this is our credible and costed plan to deliver just that,"....