A closer look at Welsh Labour's Senedd manifesto

The message was clear from Monday's manifesto launch in Swansea - Labour is pushing hard that it's the party of stability, hoping voters will stick with them in a changing and uncertain world. It's hoping to make a difference to people's lives with promises to improve primary care, rebuild hospitals, boost childcare and help reduce the cost of bus travel, among others. But much of the manifesto is very cautious - beyond a few eye-catching policies it is not promising wholesale change in the way Wales is run. This is becoming a pattern among the major parties, none of whom are yet offering radical change to Welsh public services, possibly because the finances are not there to do it. Meanwhile Labour's biggest pledges is a promise not to do something - to stick to previous plans not to use Welsh powers to raise income tax, powers that have never been used. What do our BBC Wales specialists think? The big health promise in this manifesto had already been teased - a £4bn pot for new hospitals, both in Wrexham, Cardiff and west Wales. That's got to be seen with the big caveat that new hospitals take years to plan, approve, fund and build. When surgical and diagnostic hubs, as well as ca