It has been a year since the Labour election victory. They promised us change—but they didn’t say it would be a change for the worse.

Catharine Fookes and Labour promised they wouldn’t raise taxes and said they’d support local business , then they hit small businesses with an increase in National Insurance

Mrs Fookes went to a meeting at Raglan Farmers market before the election and promised no increase in inheritance tax for farmers - Then she voted for it.

Mrs Fookes also promised at public meetings to look after the elderly of Monmouthshire, then voted to snatch away the winter fuel allowance from 20,000 pensioners in Monmouthshire.

Mrs Fookes celebrated the pledge for an investment of £445 million over 10 years for Welsh rail but forgot to mention that it is less than half of what the last Conservative government spent on rail in Wales over the last 10 year.

Mrs Fookes has complained about the impact of the partial closure of the M48 bridge on congestion, travel times, and the local economy in Monmouthshire. Yet time and time again the Welsh government, Mrs Fookes, and Labour councillors have opposed the Chepstow bypass, which would have reduced travel time, congestion and improved air quality around Chepstow.

In her weekly columns Mrs Fookes is happy to list local events she has visited but she fails to mention the countless U-turns, the repeated betrayals, and endless failings of this Labor government.

If Mrs Fookes and Labour are truly serious about Change, and change for the better. Wales—and Monmouthshire in particular—deserve better than empty words, false pledges, and chaotic U-turns'