The Conservatives would take 1p off the basic rate of income tax in Wales if they take power in next year's Senedd election, the party's leader in the Welsh Parliament has pledged. Darren Millar made the promise to reduce the rate to 19p in every £1 to mark exactly a year to go to the vote. Calling it a tax cut for 1.7 million people, he said that under his plans the "average working family" would be "£450 per year better off, giving them the choice of where to spend more of their hard-earned money".

The Liberal Democrats said such a move would mean "sweeping cuts to our already struggling public services".