Reform would cut Welsh 'wasteful spending', Tice says

Reform would be likely to need the help of another party to govern if it won the next Senedd election, in a voting system where it is hard for one party to secure a majority.

The only major party that has not ruled out working with them is the Conservatives, whose Senedd leader has said he would work with any party to remove Labour from power.

Tice said: "I think we'll cut out the nonsense and start to identify some of the vast amounts of wasteful spending across the whole of all of the areas where Labour over the last 25 years have actually reduced the quality of public services."

He gave an example of removing the Welsh government's 20mph speed limit in largely urban areas, which he described as a "ridiculous policy".

Tice continued: "The NHS is not short of money. It's the way that it is being mismanaged, the way that it wastes money."

He added: "It's about managing it better. More people on the front line, wonderful nurses and doctors, less people in the back office, creating paperwork and bureaucracy that infuriates nurses and doctors."

"It's not job cuts in the front line," Tice said.

Tice said Reform would do "a lot better than Labour" in cutting waiting lists.

"We will commit to be absolutely determined to drive waiting lists down, improve productivity, improve healthcare for everybody across Wales."