Plaid Cymru election manifesto: Payments for children and 100 new GPs

Plaid Cymru says it will deliver universal childcare from the age of nine months and surgical hubs to cut waiting lists if it wins the next Senedd election. Party leader Rhun ap Iorwerth unveiled his party's election manifesto in Wrexham on Thursday, calling it a "radical and responsible" plan for government. Plans include a £10 weekly payment for up to 15,000 children up to six years old in low income households, and up to 100 new GPs to provide out of hours care. And a national commission would be established to lay the "foundations" for a future plans for Welsh independence. The party has ruled out holding an independence referendum in a first term of a Plaid Cymru government. Plaid said it will concentrate resources on its "key priorities" of cutting NHS waits, supporting families with the cost of living, creating jobs and raising education standards. Prominent think tank the Institute for Fiscal Studies warned that Plaid had omitted to explain how it would afford its pledges. Speaking at the launch of his manifesto at a restaurant in Wrexham, ap Iorwerth said: "The transformational programme set out in this manifesto is radical and responsible. "Ambitious, yes, but rigorously