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Time to rebuild the UK, says Carwyn Jones Time to rebuild the UK, says Carwyn Jones
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Wales' first minister will tell Labour delegates at the party's conference the no vote in Scotland offers a once-in-a-generation chance to rebuild the UK. Wales' First Minister says the Union has "suffered a serious injury" which can only be rebuilt by a convention on the future of the UK.
Carwyn Jones will warn a constitutional convention, promised by Labour, must not result in a conversation between only Westminster and Scotland. Speaking at the Labour Conference Carwyn Jones warned the union cannot be rebuilt through conversation between only Westminster and Scotland.
He added that he looked forward to Welsh involvement in any convention "from day one".
He reiterated powers promised to Scotland should be offered to Wales.
"The establishment almost lost the union, the people of these nations must now rebuild it," said Mr Jones.
He defended his government's record in health, education and public services, in his speech to the conference in Manchester, but future the shape of the UK following the Independence referendum in Scotland dominated.
'All four nations'
"The conversation we need now must take in all the four nations, Wales, Scotland, England and Northern Ireland together," said Mr Jones. "It must address the needs and responsibilities of all and we must do this in the spirit of solidarity and generosity that we also promised."
Shadow Secreatery of State Owen Smith MP had earlier said Prime Minister David Cameron should involve Wales in talks on the future shape of devolution.
He said: "On Friday, the Prime Minister said that he wants to put Wales at the heart of our national conversation about the future of Britain.
"Well conference, as we all know Labour is woven through the very fabric of Wales. We are the true Welsh party - yesterday, today and tomorrow.
"So if you're listening, Mr Cameron, pin your ears back, and listen to what Wales has to say."
Tactics
On Sunday party leader Ed Miliband accused David Cameron of planning to set the UK nations against each other.On Sunday party leader Ed Miliband accused David Cameron of planning to set the UK nations against each other.
But a Welsh Tory peer said Mr Cameron was determined to preserve the UK. Mr Miliband warned: "We know what were going to see in the next few weeks and months from David Cameron and others which is to try to set each nation of our country against each other.
The prime minister has said a pledge to give Scotland more powers should go hand in hand with changing the role of Scottish politicians at Westminster. "So it'll be England versus Wales versus Scotland. That is their tactic."
At a Welsh night reception on the conference fringe, Mr Miliband warned: "We know what were going to see in the next few weeks and months from David Cameron and others which is to try to set each nation of our country against each other. So it'll be England versus Wales versus Scotland. That is their tactic."
'Our promise'
In a speech at the conference in Manchester, Mr Jones will welcome the adoption of his call for a constitutional convention to discuss the future of the Union as Labour Party policy.
He will tell delegates: "I campaigned alongside many of you here today to keep our four nations together, and now - together - we must make good our promise, and rebuild the United Kingdom.
"That cannot be done through a bilateral conversation between Westminster and Scotland. After all, David Cameron tried that and was so badly out-witted by Alex Salmond that he almost lost the union.
"We must honour our promise to refound the UK in a way that ensures the strong identities of our nations are recognised within a common bond of solidarity."
Lord Nick Bourne, former leader of the Welsh Conservatives, was a member of the Silk commission which looked at the issue of more powers for the Welsh assembly.Lord Nick Bourne, former leader of the Welsh Conservatives, was a member of the Silk commission which looked at the issue of more powers for the Welsh assembly.
He said: "We move forward together.He said: "We move forward together.
"We have got to look at all parts of the United Kingdom, all of the nations of the United Kingdom, because change in one affects the position in all the other parts of the United Kingdom.""We have got to look at all parts of the United Kingdom, all of the nations of the United Kingdom, because change in one affects the position in all the other parts of the United Kingdom."
Analysis by David Cornock, BBC Wales Parliamentary correspondent
I've just been to "Welsh Night" on the Labour conference fringe.
Once described by Paul Flynn MP as "a booze-up, a sing-song and a raffle" it has changed from its 1980s heyday.
Ed Miliband said that of all the conference receptions this was his favourite - a joke he repeats each year.
He used his speech to praise the Welsh party faithful and to warn that the prime minister will use the fall-out from the referendum on Scottish independence to try to set the nations of the United Kingdom against each other. Read more from David