Welsh Labour
Creative Industries named a growth sector in a new Welsh Industrial Strategy.
Ongoing support for Creative Wales; promote Wales for film, TV and content production.
Investment in digital skills, R&D and innovation funding relevant to creative sectors.
Continued support for S4C and national cultural bodies.
New Tourism Strategy promoting Welsh culture and heritage.
Expansion of Welsh-medium education and bilingual public services.
Support plans for a National Sports Centre and invest in grassroots sports facilities across Wales.
Plaid Cymru
Position culture and creative industries as economic growth sectors, publish new Culture Strategy.
National Development Agency to back innovation and creative SMEs, including freelancers.
Establish a Shadow Broadcasting Authority; seek greater Welsh control over media.
Protest and expand Welsh-language broadcasting (including S4C) and content production.
Expand creative apprenticeships and early-career support.
Increase funding for culture and sport year-on-year, investing in community sport as part of a preventative health agenda.
Reform UK
Keep UK-wide regulations; oppose devolving Ofcom.
Review or remove funding for cultural bodies seen as political biased.
Require museums and cultural bodies to present politically neutral history.
Continue funding for National Eisteddfod, Royal Welsh Show and S4C.
Welsh Conservatives
Use a re-established Welsh Development Agency to attract creative-sector investment.
Market Wales globally as a screen production location.
Protect S4C’s independence; retain UK-wide broadcasting regulation.
Business-rate relief for grassroots arts and music venues.
Maintain free entry to national museums.
Support bids for major cultural and sporting events.
Establish specialist sports schools to develop sporting talent.
Wales Green Party
Introduce a Culture Bill placing statutory duties on public bodies to support culture.
Fund community arts hubs, co-operatives and local festivals.
Seek full devolution of broadcasting and stronger Welsh-language media.
Creative workforce: Improve pay, security and conditions for arts and creative workers.
Expand digital access to museums, archives and performances.
Integrate sport and physical activity into public health policy and require public bodies to promote access to community sport.
Welsh Liberal Democrats
Include creative industries in a Welsh Industrial Strategy.
Improve access to finance for creative and cultural businesses.
Support devolution of broadcasting and stronger Welsh media representation.
Expand apprenticeships and university-industry links in creative sectors.
Welsh Language Education for All; expand Welsh-medium provision.
Protect local arts, libraries and sports facilities. Protest and invest in grassroots sports facilities, including swimming pools and leisure centres.
