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| Plaid pledges local 'revolution' | Plaid pledges local 'revolution' |
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| Plaid Cymru has promised to revolutionise how difficult problems are tackled with "exciting ideas". | Plaid Cymru has promised to revolutionise how difficult problems are tackled with "exciting ideas". |
| The party has launched its local council election manifesto by highlighting eight policies to improve the environment and public health. | The party has launched its local council election manifesto by highlighting eight policies to improve the environment and public health. |
| Party leader Ieuan Wyn Jones said he wanted not just to manage councils better than other parties but to turn them into "laboratories of innovation". | Party leader Ieuan Wyn Jones said he wanted not just to manage councils better than other parties but to turn them into "laboratories of innovation". |
| Mr Jones said he was confident of his party making gains in the 1 May poll. | Mr Jones said he was confident of his party making gains in the 1 May poll. |
| Mr Jones, who is also deputy first minister since his party formed a coalition Welsh Assembly Government with Labour, launched the manifesto at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay. | Mr Jones, who is also deputy first minister since his party formed a coalition Welsh Assembly Government with Labour, launched the manifesto at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay. |
| These policies are revolutionary compared to the way many Welsh councils are currently run Adam Price MP, Plaid Cymru | These policies are revolutionary compared to the way many Welsh councils are currently run Adam Price MP, Plaid Cymru |
| "As a party we are not simply content to manage the bureaucracy of local government better than the other parties," he said | "As a party we are not simply content to manage the bureaucracy of local government better than the other parties," he said |
| "We also want to use local government to move Wales forward, to invest in modern and exciting ideas and to turn our councils into laboratories of innovation," Mr Jones added. | |
| The "innov8 policies," as Plaid described them, include encouraging local renewable energy projects and investigating local energy service companies. | The "innov8 policies," as Plaid described them, include encouraging local renewable energy projects and investigating local energy service companies. |
| Underground bins for new homes and business properties would be encouraged along with the installation of "intensive green roofs" on all new flat-roofed council properties. | Underground bins for new homes and business properties would be encouraged along with the installation of "intensive green roofs" on all new flat-roofed council properties. |
| Green roofs have vegetation, such as a roof top garden, turf or mosses, growing on them. | Green roofs have vegetation, such as a roof top garden, turf or mosses, growing on them. |
| Bike sharing | Bike sharing |
| Greener buses, a "healthy workforce challenge" to improve the health of local government staff, and car and bike sharing schemes also feature on the first eight pages of the party's manifesto. | Greener buses, a "healthy workforce challenge" to improve the health of local government staff, and car and bike sharing schemes also feature on the first eight pages of the party's manifesto. |
| Plaid Cymru currently controls Gwynedd Council but is also involved in running authorities in Conwy, Denbighshire and the Vale of Glamorgan where no single party has an overall majority. | Plaid Cymru currently controls Gwynedd Council but is also involved in running authorities in Conwy, Denbighshire and the Vale of Glamorgan where no single party has an overall majority. |
| Plaid election director Adam Price MP failed to arrive at the launch, however, with the party blaming "transport issues". | Plaid election director Adam Price MP failed to arrive at the launch, however, with the party blaming "transport issues". |
| In a statement before the event he said: "These policies are revolutionary compared to the way many Welsh councils are currently run but they are all examples of best practice, tried and tested around the world." | In a statement before the event he said: "These policies are revolutionary compared to the way many Welsh councils are currently run but they are all examples of best practice, tried and tested around the world." |
| Plaid denied its focus on its "innov8 policies" meant it was less interested in core services such as education. | Plaid denied its focus on its "innov8 policies" meant it was less interested in core services such as education. |