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The Labour First Minister of Wales, Eluned Morgan, has acknowledged her party faces an uphill battle as the Welsh Parliament election in May draws closer. The leader of Plaid Cymru, Rhun ap Iorwerth, says Labour has already waved the white flag, claiming the governing party no longer believes it can win, as it continues to slide in the polls.
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00:00If we lead the Welsh Labour government and the government in Wales after...
00:05for me, then key support staff in schools will...
00:10be supported. Support staff are absolutely integral to...
00:15what happens in our schools. They are only paid in term time.
00:20At the moment, and we are pledging to give that pace all your...
00:25around. So all-round pay for the over 30...
00:3040,000 support staff in our schools, including not just teachers...
00:35coaching assistants, but also cleaners, cooks, caretakers...
00:40all of these people are currently due, I think, to have...
00:45an uplift in pay. And we will be bringing this into law.
00:49There are...
00:50a number of reasons why we are challenged at the moment.
00:53What is important?
00:55Is that we look to the future with hope.
00:57That people recognise that now is a time for a new...
01:00chapter for Wales. For the first time, we are seeing more money...
01:05coming into the Welsh Government after years of Tory cuts.
01:10This is a one-off moment of opportunity, a generational...
01:15shift when it comes to the economy in particular, boosting those jobs...
01:19creating new jobs...
01:20and using that extra money as a result of those new jobs...
01:25to pay for our public services.
01:27I see a Labour Party...
01:30in Wales that has given up the fights.
01:33And of course, they will say that they...
01:35that they haven't.
01:38But I think...
01:40evidence...
01:43is...
01:44all around us.
01:45is...
01:46that...
01:47that...
01:48signifies the change...
01:49that...
01:50signifies the change...
01:50of...
01:51political era...
01:53in Wales...
01:54that...
01:55...
01:55is...
01:56upon us now...
01:57with the approach of...
01:58the Senate election.
01:59The sheer number of...
02:00of...
02:01of Labour group members...
02:02that are...
02:03standing down...
02:04in this...
02:05...
02:05election...
02:06that...
02:07the lack of...
02:08energy...
02:09that I feel...
02:10uh...
02:10among Labour...
02:11activists...
02:12and...
02:13elected members...
02:15but more than that...
02:17it's what I see...
02:18on...
02:19those steps...
02:20to lengthen...
02:20Brett of Wales that they feel the time has come for a refresh.
02:25Of the way we do things in Wales, our confidence in.
02:30In putting forward an agenda that suits our.
02:35Picture in Wales that isn't about age old political.
02:40Entitlements that's about actually setting out a vision for the future.
02:45The polls reflect that.
02:48Again, taking nothing.
02:50For granted, we have an opportunity here, not for Plaid, but for Wales.
02:55To have a fresh start.
02:56And I'm determined to do everything I can to deliver that.
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