I have been a proponent of Basic Income for many years and was delighted when it was adopted as party policy at last year's conference. That moment was the culmination of a lot of hard work by a lot of people within our party who believe that Basic Income is a policy that combines the best of liberalism: faith in individual agency combined with the power of central government to be a force for equality and fairness.

But we also knew back then that the hard work was only just beginning. We still had to go out to the country and tell the British public about our vision for a Basic Income. We are starting that process in Wales at this election.