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Reform challenges other parties to cost their policies in heated Welsh election debate
Reform has challenged all the main parties to publish the full costs of their promises to voters ahead of next week's Senedd election.
None of the six larger parties have released full details, with independent analysts criticising the lack of transparency on how manifesto pledges would be funded.
On BBC Wales' Your Voice Live: The Leaders' Debate Reform's Dan Thomas said he would publish his party's plans if the others followed suit.
Labour's Eluned Morgan and Darren Millar said they were prepared to, while Plaid Cymru's Rhun ap Iorwerth said his party had published "many of the costings".
Green Anthony Slaughter said his party had revealed some costings while Liberal Democrat Jane Dodds said she would not as her plans were about "ambition".
Voters in Wales go to the polls on Thursday 7 May to elect 96 Senedd members from 16 constituencies.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) says the in-coming Welsh government will face a severe financial squeeze, with day-to-day funding and investment growth slowing significantly.
The experts warn that many of the manifesto pledges by the parties will be likely to require tax rises or cuts to public services.
In the sometimes bad tempered live BBC1 TV debate, the calls for the leaders to fully publish their spending plans were greeted with a round of applause by the studio audience.
The leader of Reform UK in Wales, Dan Thomas, said he would publish his plans if the others would follow suit: "I challenge every leader on this panel to publish your costings.
"Ours are ready to go so we can have a full transparent election."
Welsh Conservative leader Darren Millar said he was "quite happy" to answer questions on costings.
"And I'll tell you what, if everybody else publishes theirs I'll be very happy to publish ours."
The Welsh Labour leader and first minister said: "You know, I think it's all very transparent [Labour's pledges]. I'm happy to show you what we've got and listen to what we've go."
Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth said: "We have published many of the costings, because it's really important that people can see how we put together a programme for government."
Wales Green Party leader Anthony Slaughter said some of his plans had been costed.
"So that's things like a rent freeze leading to rent controls," he said. "That's things like free bus travels for under 22s, £1 for everyone else."
Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Jane Dodds said she would not publish her spending plans.
"I am being as honest as I can and it's a no, because our manifesto is about ambition and aspiration," she said.
"We want to influence government, I'm not going to be first minister on the eighth of May."
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Reform has challenged all the main parties to publish the full costs of their promises to voters ahead of next week's Senedd election.
None of the six larger parties have released full details, with independent analysts criticising the lack of transparency on how manifesto pledges would be funded.
On BBC Wales' Your Voice Live: The Leaders' Debate Reform's Dan Thomas said he would publish his party's plans if the others followed suit.
Labour's Eluned Morgan and Darren Millar said they were prepared to, while Plaid Cymru's Rhun ap Iorwerth said his party had published "many of the costings".
Green Anthony Slaughter said his party had revealed some costings while Liberal Democrat Jane Dodds said she would not as her plans were about "ambition".
Voters in Wales go to the polls on Thursday 7 May to elect 96 Senedd members from 16 constituencies.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) says the in-coming Welsh government will face a severe financial squeeze, with day-to-day funding and investment growth slowing significantly.
The experts warn that many of the manifesto pledges by the parties will be likely to require tax rises or cuts to public services.
In the sometimes bad tempered live BBC1 TV debate, the calls for the leaders to fully publish their spending plans were greeted with a round of applause by the studio audience.
The leader of Reform UK in Wales, Dan Thomas, said he would publish his plans if the others would follow suit: "I challenge every leader on this panel to publish your costings.
"Ours are ready to go so we can have a full transparent election."
Welsh Conservative leader Darren Millar said he was "quite happy" to answer questions on costings.
"And I'll tell you what, if everybody else publishes theirs I'll be very happy to publish ours."
The Welsh Labour leader and first minister said: "You know, I think it's all very transparent [Labour's pledges]. I'm happy to show you what we've got and listen to what we've go."
Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth said: "We have published many of the costings, because it's really important that people can see how we put together a programme for government."
Wales Green Party leader Anthony Slaughter said some of his plans had been costed.
"So that's things like a rent freeze leading to rent controls," he said. "That's things like free bus travels for under 22s, £1 for everyone else."
Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Jane Dodds said she would not publish her spending plans.
"I am being as honest as I can and it's a no, because our manifesto is about ambition and aspiration," she said.
"We want to influence government, I'm not going to be first minister on the eighth of May."
A simple guide to every new constituency
What does the Senedd do?
How the new voting system works
Who can I vote for in my area?
Who should I vote for? Compare party policies
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