Plaid Cymru's 2024 manifesto demanded a fair funding settlement for Wales based on need rather than the existing Barnett formula, devolution of the Crown Estate to Wales on the Scottish model with offshore wind revenues retained in country, and recovery of the £4 billion HS2 Barnett consequential Wales had been denied under the classification of HS2 as an England and Wales project. Windfall tax expansion was framed as central to funding the Welsh green transition.

NHS Wales is devolved. The manifesto criticised long Welsh waiting times under successive Labour Welsh Governments and committed to an investment package focused on workforce, primary care expansion, and integration of health and social care. The Westminster ask was fair funding and the pass through of NHS England consequentials.

The manifesto opposed the Rwanda removals scheme, supported asylum seeker right to work, criticised the hostile environment framework, and argued Wales should have a voice in immigration policy reflecting its labour market and demographic needs. Plaid did not set a numerical net migration target.

Education is devolved. The manifesto committed to expanded Welsh language education provision, maintenance of free tuition at Welsh universities, and additional investment in early years and further education. The Westminster ask was funding consequentials and the continuation of UK student finance reciprocity.

The manifesto committed to a Welsh net zero target ahead of the UK 2050 deadline, devolution of the Crown Estate to capture offshore wind revenues for Welsh reinvestment, and opposition to new oil and gas exploration in the Celtic Sea. The manifesto framed climate policy as inseparable from economic development and fair funding.

The manifesto pledged expanded social housing investment, second home council tax premiums, and Welsh language considerations in planning policy for rural areas. The framing was that rural Welsh communities were being priced out by the second home market and that housing supply should reflect Welsh demographic and language needs.

The manifesto pushed for devolution of welfare administration to Wales, an end to the two child benefit cap and the bedroom tax, a real living wage for care workers, and protections for unpaid carers. The position broadly aligned with Plaid's wider devolved competence ambition for Wales.

The manifesto's central ask was full devolution of justice and policing to Wales, a long standing Plaid commitment going back to the Silk and Thomas Commissions. Plaid argued Wales is the only one of the four nations without devolved justice and that this distorts criminal justice delivery for Welsh communities.

The manifesto opposed Trident nuclear weapons replacement, supported the restoration of overseas aid to 0.7 per cent of gross national income, and committed to continued military and financial support for Ukraine. The framing was Welsh participation in foreign policy decisions rather than a Westminster managed agenda.

The manifesto committed to pushing the UK Government towards closer alignment with the European Union, opposed the cuts to UK EU trade caused by Brexit, and supported eventual UK re entry to the single market and customs union. Plaid backed Welsh access to the EU Horizon and Erasmus programmes.

The 2024 manifesto held Welsh independence as the long term constitutional goal and committed to expanded devolution including justice, policing, broadcasting and the Crown Estate as immediate Westminster asks. The manifesto framed Plaid as building the case for independence rather than calling an immediate referendum.