Welsh Conservative candidates in south Wales have faced backlash over their promise on Welsh language policies. The promised policy was included in a leaflet promoted by Conservative candidates Adrian Lang, Jonathan Martin and Stephen Senior ahead of the council elections this week, which will take place on Thursday, May 5. For further information on the council elections, click here.
The candidates, who hope to represent the Panteg ward of the Griffithstown and Sebastopol area of Torfaen, vowed to change various policies if they won. They promised to freeze council tax, clear pavements of bins and fix roads. But the leaflet also included a vow to "oppose divisive Welsh language demands".
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