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Welsh Labour published its Senedd Election Manifesto, 'A New Chapter for Wales' on Monday 30th March.

This is what it says about the issues that students, apprentices and young people care about. Use the NUS Cymru Vote Matcher to see which parties you agree with most.

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What the Welsh Labour Manifesto says on...

Universities and funding
    • Create a Wales-only student loan plan with fairer repayment terms
    • Maintain Wales’ current system of higher maintenance grants for students from poorer backgrounds
    • Extend the Reaching Wider programme to increase access for underrepresented students
Colleges, Apprenticeships and Skills
    • Extend the Young Person’s Guarantee so all 14 to 16-year-olds can access vocational and academic training
    • Introduce a new Lifelong Retraining Guarantee so workers can access training throughout their career
    • 100,000 apprenticeships over the next Senedd term targeted at areas such as construction and renewable energy
International students and migration
    • Avoid a new levy on international student fees, as has been introduced in England
    • Protect Wales’ status as a Nation of Sanctuary
    • Give all care workers the same basic rights at work with the Migrant Care Workers Charter
Cost of Living, Employment and the Economy
    • Commit to not increasing Welsh rates of income tax
    • Reduce energy bills through energy efficiency upgrades to more than 100,000 homes
    • Ensure businesses receiving government support pay the Real Living Wage
The NHS, Health and Wellbeing
    • Invest £4 billion in a Hospitals of the Future Fund
    • Guarantee a primary care appointment within 48 hours for urgent needs
    • Expand mental health support to ensure same-day access for all
Housing and Renting
    • Build 100,000 new homes over the next ten years and Expand Help to Buy beyond new-build homes
    • Introduce a guarantor scheme for renters to help more people secure rental properties
    • Explore a scoring scheme for letting agencies
Transport and Travel
    • New £2 bus fare cap for adults, continue £1 fares for under-25s and free fares for over-60s
    • Explore a new publicly owned, not-for-profit learner travel service
    • Create more than 100 new bus routes
Climate, the Environment and Energy
    • All new-build homes to include renewable energy generation and solar panels as standard
    • Keep the ban on fracking and oppose fossil fuel extraction
    • Protect 30% of Wales’ land and sea for nature by 2030
Rights, Equality and Liberation
    • Eliminate the gender, ethnicity and disability pay gaps by 2050
    • Make Wales an anti-racist nation by 2030 through the Anti-Racist Wales action plan
    • Make Wales the best place in Europe to be an LGBTQ+ person through the LGBTQ+ action plan
Society, Democracy and Young People
    • More political powers for Wales and argue for Wales to get ‘fair share’ of funding from UK Government
    • Give all young people the opportunity to learn about their rights at work
    • Citizens’ assemblies to debate the future of social care and improving community cohesion