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Reform manifesto: Dan Thomas says party will publish costings in U-turn

Reform manifesto: Dan Thomas says party will publish costings in U-turn

Reform UK's Welsh leader says his party will publish its Senedd election manifesto costings "very soon", despite initially saying the details would not be released. Dan Thomas told reporters at Reform's manifesto launch on Thursday that he feared other parties would steal the policies if the costings were released publicly. But his position was at odds with that of the party's UK leader, Nigel Farage, who told journalists at the same event that they would get a "full list of costings" related to the pledges. On Friday, Thomas confirmed Reform would now publish the figures following "a discussion internally". Reform's headline policies announced for May's Senedd election include scrapping the 20mph speed limit in built up areas, building a new M4 relief road, scrapping the Welsh government's Nation of Sanctuary policy, and cutting 1p off every band of income tax. Asked on Thursday if Reform would publish costings for the policies, Thomas told Newyddion S4C: "We will not be publishing our costings." He added: "We do have a costed manifesto. "We will not be publishing it because other parties will steal our ideas and steal our policies." However, in his own interview with BBC Wales at

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