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Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones speaks to the Star about Labour’s election manifesto
Labour has been in power in Wales since the National Assembly was created in 1999. Seventeen years later it is seeking a sixth term. LUKE JAMES talks to the Welsh First Minister about the party’s manifesto published yesterday

• Does a Tory government in Westminster limit what the Welsh government can achieve over the next five years?

We were of course disappointed by the result last year. What it has meant is that there is no end to austerity.

We know that austerity is not working. We’ve seen from George Osborne that things are going to take a turn for the worse again. Well, if that’s the case then it shows what’s been going on for the last five years hasn’t worked.

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