Plaid and Labour reveal how they'll work together

The wait is almost over before Carwyn Jones is nominated for another term as First Minister Credit: Natasha Hirst for Welsh Labour

In a joint statement, Labour and Plaid Cymru stress that their agreement that Carwyn Jones should be nominated as First Minister this afternoon does not mean that Plaid will necessarily back Labour in other key votes, still less that there will be a coalition.

Instead, the two parties talk of "constructive and positive" talks about their shared priorities. They say those talks have produced an agreement on how they will work together - and how they will disagree.

Carwyn Jones is expected to address the Senedd after AMs have agreed to submit his name to the Queen. He'll set out the following priorities for the next 100 days

  • Work on better childcare provision

  • The delivery of new all-age apprenticeships

  • Work on a new NHS treatment fund

  • A plan to increase the numbers of GPs and primary healthcare workers

  • A commitment to establish a National Infrastructure Commission

  • A commitment to establish a Welsh development bank

They are mostly areas where both Labour and Plaid Cymru already had similar policies. An infrastructure commission could provide a way of of resolving their unresolved disagreement about the route of the M4 relief road around Newport.

The two parties have also committed to working together over the next six weeks for a “Remain” vote in the referendum on Britain's EU membership. They have also pledged to work towards making the Assembly more "open, transparent and democratic"