The Wales Green Party Senedd election manifesto launch saw leader Anthony Slaughter saying that voting Green means there will be "one less Reform Senedd member".

At the event in Port Talbot, we also heard:

• The party would "properly invest" in Wales' transport system and clean up the country's rivers
• Slaughter promised rent freezes and free bus travel for under-22s
• He pledged to revoke Welsh Water licence "if they do not clean up their act" over pollution and high water bills
• The party's ambitious mission to build 60,000 social homes over the next 10 years

Our live coverage is coming to a close shortly but you can read more about today's events here.

Equal pay for social care staffpublished at 12:28 BST 7 April

12:28 BST 7 April

India Pollock
Wales social affairs correspondent

One of the main calls of people working in social care is to have equal pay - and parity of esteem - with staff working in the NHS.

The Greens are promising to improve pay parity and workforce wellbeing across social care, and say they would invest in prevention and early intervention for children and adults.

But they don’t say how they’d pay for that.

A welcoming but challenging promise on healthpublished at 12:25 BST 7 April

12:25 BST 7 April

Jenny Rees
Wales health correspondent

The bigger theme for the Greens' health plans centres on prevention - clearly a longer-term goal.

But talk of increased funding and access to both GP and dental services begs the question - how?

And with one in 10 women navigating an endometriosis diagnosis, the promise of establishing endometriosis centres in every health board would certainly be welcomed.

But let's not deny the huge undertaking it presents, given we currently have just two accredited centres in Wales, and women in huge swathes of the country currently unable to access specialist care, beyond the support of specialist nurses.

The Greens' manifesto proposes a list of measures to try to make renting properties easier and potentially cheaper.

It includes a one-year rent freeze, including between tenancies, followed by rent controls, allowing Welsh ministers to approve local authority "rent pressure zones where rent caps apply to keep housing affordable".

Rent increases, the party says, "will only be permitted where landlords deliver genuine improvements to homes, particularly upgrades that improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions".

Earlier on Radio Wales, party candidate Tessa Marshall acknowledged there was "obviously a risk" in the plan, when she was asked if there could be an unintended consequence such as fewer properties being available to rent.

“We know there is a risk to the sector so that’s why a rent freeze is the first step that we would take," she said.

Dedicated gender service for under-17spublished at 12:11 BST 7 April

12:11 BST 7 April

Jenny Rees
Wales health correspondent

There are some bold - and controversial - ambitions for healthcare in the Greens' manifesto.

Not least around the provision of a dedicated gender service for young people under-17 and that "puberty blockers should be accessible".

The drugs which temporarily pause puberty are currently banned in the UK, following the 2024 Cass review, and a clinical trial assessing the risks and benefits is planned, though that itself has been paused after concerns were raised by the medicines watchdog.

The manifesto includes a plan to support NHS Wales to publish its own guidance, "independent from NHS England", though given the current debate (and division) around the issues, this would be a significant departure for an NHS here which has, to-date, followed England's lead.

What are renters paying in Wales?published at 12:02 BST 7 April

12:02 BST 7 April

George Herd, BBC Wales

Housing is key, says the Welsh Green leader, with a pledge on rent freezes and then rent controls.

So what is the current picture in Wales?

Overall, in the private sector, the average monthly rental price for a two-bedroom property across Wales, external has risen by 50.7% since January 2015 - from £505 to £761.

In Cardiff, the rise is even more.

Back in 2015, a two-bed home would cost you £639 - but in January this year it stood at £1,063, a rise of 66%.

Pledges for the young and familiespublished at 11:59 BST 7 April

11:59 BST 7 April

Bethan Lewis
Wales family and education correspondent

The Greens, like, all the other parties, say they’ll expand free childcare.

They’re promising at least 20 hours free care for all families with children from nine months to four years old, with extra hours dependent on income.

Universal free school meals for secondary school pupils is another expensive pledge.

Ending the closure of small rural schools is an ambitious aim due to the twin pressures of finances and demographics - with fewer young people of school age, councils are struggling to fill places in some schools.

On higher education, the Greens want 40% of young people to attend university by the end of the Senedd term after only a third of Welsh 18 year olds applied last year.

And they’re promising more generous support with living costs for young people staying in Wales to study.

The longer term ambition is free higher education.

Image source, Getty Images

Leader keeps cards close to his chestpublished at 11:53 BST 7 April

11:53 BST 7 April

Gareth Lewis
Wales political editor

If you are being unkind you could read this document as a list of many things that will not happen.

The Greens themselves accept that they are not going to be the biggest party, or that Anthony Slaughter will be first minister.

Slaughter ignored a question over whether the party would publish overall costings.

He also kept his cards close to his chest on what his "red line" would be were the party involved in any negotiations with someone else after the election.

"Our priorities are clear," he said.

Housing is the first section of this manifesto.

Environmental policies take a back seatpublished at 11:44 BST 7 April

11:44 BST 7 April

Tomos Morgan
Wales correspondent

What we heard was similar to the type of things we've been hearing on a UK-scale from the Green Party.

The party's environmental policies have taken a back seat while the party focuses on the bigger issues for the wider public.

Not forgetting those Green environmental policies, but definitely putting them aside and putting more of a priority on those other issues.

A number of issues were discussed, but Anthony Slaughter made a big play on housing to begin with - saying this was the big thing that he and his party wanted to see.

However - with an ambitious target - his answer to costings was that these things would pay themselves.

Wales Green party leader Anthony Slaughter has now left the podium, bringing the manifesto launch to a close.

Stay with us as we bring you further analysis and reaction to his party's set of promises.

No answer to whether party will publish costingspublished at 11:40 BST 7 April

11:40 BST 7 April

Gareth Lewis
Wales political editor

Anthony Slaughter says he cannot put a figure on a rent cap as the work had not been done yet.

He suggests that it could be around that CPI inflation plus 1% level.

Slaughter declines to answer a question about whether his party will publish costings for this manifesto

What is at the top of the party's list in any hypothetical negotiations with another party to help for a Welsh government?

Slaughter will not be pinned down on one policy, but he says "our priorities are very clear".

Meanwhile the Welsh green party leader adds that the £1 bus fare pledge would cost £256m over three years.

Social housing wait is substantialpublished at 11:36 BST 7 April

11:36 BST 7 April

India Pollock
Wales social affairs correspondent

It’s an ambitious proposal but the waiting list for social homes exceeds that - figures from housing charity Shelter Cymru last year showed that 94,000 households, or 177,000 people were waiting for social housing - with about 55,000 children part of that list.

Image source, C T Aylward/ Getty Images

House-building promise has obstaclespublished at 11:33 BST 7 April

11:33 BST 7 April

Felicity Evans
Wales money editor

The Greens are promising a massive house building programme of 60,000 social homes over the next 10 years.

A shortage of affordable housing in the right places is a big problem in Wales that leads on to other problems like rapidly rising rents in the private sector, and thousands of people in temporary accommodation across Wales.

But there are substantial obstacles to overcome to deliver such an ambitious building project, with challenges like slow planning processes, limited utilities, and the cost of building the homes.

Any Green support for a future Welsh government led by another party is not "unconditional", says Slaughter.

He says he has been speaking to the Scottish Greens who have worked with the SNP in Holyrood.

The Greens understand the "desperate need for more renewable energy", says Slaughter, calling for a "green energy revolution".

"Governments have been fiddling while Rome burns", he says.

The leader says needs to be a big increase in community owned projects, with a ramp up in offshoring.

Communities need to see a benefit from renewables.

Council tax reformpublished at 11:27 BST 7 April

11:27 BST 7 April

Felicity Evans
Wales money editor

Council tax is one of the biggest bills that households face and many economists and campaigners describe it as a "regressive tax", which means it puts a disproportionate burden on lower income households.

A revaluation is planned in Wales in 2028 which would change bills for many households, but the Greens are proposing to ditch the tax altogether and replace it with a land value tax.

The party says it would mean "most people pay less, while the wealthiest property owners contribute more".

However, reforming local taxation has been politically fraught in the past, leaving many political parties unwilling to take the plunge.

It will be interesting to see whether the Greens can find other parties willing to work with them on this issue on the other side of the election.

Anthony Slaughter is asked by the BBC when rent controls may come in.

He says it needs to come in "as quickly as possible" but he says he won't pluck numbers out of the air.

Slaughter tells the crowd here the new voting system for the Senedd election in May means that a Green vote isn't wasted.

"People need to understand, under this new system, voting green will get them greens".

"Getting a Green Senedd member there means one less Reform Senedd member.

"Our group of Green Senedd member will hit the ground running."

He's given a round of applause.