Every week at PMQs David Cameron never fails to sneer, attack and denounce the Labour-led government in Wales. Like a petulant child who is secretly rather envious of the kid next door, he resorts to petty point-scoring and frantic finger pointing whenever his envy spills over for the exciting initiatives going on in Wales.

Bereft of ideas, the Con-Dems look on as spectators at a Welsh Labour administration that is delivering, even though currently shackled by a Westminster-imposed budget. 

So how is socialist Wales doing things differently and what are our successes?

While the Tories swept in and destroyed the aspiration and  further education of our poorest children aged 16-18, Wales defiantly stood up for our children and retained education maintenance allowance. The £30 per week allowance pays for books, travel and lunches and is a lifeline for children whose families exist below the breadline. 

It will be interesting to see in the next few years the difference between England and Wales in the numbers of children from the poorest families who are staying on at sixth form or college, and the numbers who drop out due to unaffordability.

For the very young, Wales has the Flying Start scheme for under-fours in the most deprived communities of Wales. The package of support, including more input from health visitors, parenting classes, early language development and play skills and part-time childcare, has resulted in £180 million of funding from 2007 to the present. 

The results are impressive and are changing lives — 76 per cent of children were fully immunised at age four and 82 per cent of children in the Flying Start areas reached or exceeded their developmental norms at the benchmark age two. Investment from birth is reaping dividends.

One of the jewels in Welsh Labour’s crown is our envious scheme of universal free prescriptions. Whatever age you are and however chronic a condition you have free medicine is there when you need it. 

My own 22-year-old son was ill recently and was worried about work as he is an agency worker on a zero-hours contract. 

A free antibiotic prescription got him back on his feet quickly and able to make a swift return to work. No worrying about the affordability of medicine. 

My husband suffers from chronic asthma. He is eternally grateful for the free prescription service here in Wales. Indeed many of our friends living just over the border in places such as Chester and Hereford are rushing to sign up with GP practices in Wales. 

It is not as costly an exercise as many critics suggest as it is a fraction of the health budget in Wales, yet has such positive outcomes.

Jobs Growth Wales is a shining example of offering young people six months’ work experience but paying them the minimum wage while they are doing it. A total opposite to the sapping and pointless workfare the Tories in England support wholeheartedly.  

Such is the success rate that 82 per cent of young people taking up a work placement then go on to secure a sustainable job after the initial six-month period. An exceeded target of 13,000 people in jobs in the first three years of the scheme is testament to its success — and a stark contrast to the crippling youth unemployment in England.

Wales is mostly rural and our rural areas have suffered more than most with freak weather conditions and seasonal, casual work.  

The Agricultural Wages Board was abolished by the Con-Dems in England last October. 

It was responsible for setting the minimum rates of pay for agricultural workers, terms of employment and often rents on tied cottages etc. Wages were always higher than the minimum wage. 

Wales decided to challenge the Westminster government in the Supreme Court and was successful, setting up a new Welsh Agricultural Wages Board in the summer. 

Some 14,000 farm workers will benefit and be kept out of poverty, unlike farm workers in England. Holiday and sickness pay will now also be protected here in Wales, unlike England. 

Carwyn Jones leads from the front in Wales, and I include him on our list of Welsh successes. I urge you to watch First Minister’s Questions in the Sennedd on the Parliament channel on TV (there’s nothing else to watch). 

While the Tory leader Andrew R T Davies continually flusters, Jones uses his considerable intellect and wit to shoot him down in flames every time. 

Instrumental in bringing new business and world-class sports events such as the Ryder Cup in golf and Ashes Test matches in cricket to Wales, Jones has also been successful at promoting Welsh businesses in the US. 

He is now passionately campaigning for more devolved powers for Wales, so we can unchain ourselves from the shadow of the Con-Dems in Westminster.

My family are proud and frankly relieved to live in Wales while the coalition wreak havoc in England. My son has just applied for EMA, my husband’s asthma means we don’t have to bankrupt ourselves to pay for a long-term health condition, my youngest disabled son had excellent early years speech and language therapy for his autism. 

My grandfather was from Tonypandy in South Wales, my mother from Bridgend. I live on the coast in north Wales. 

I will never forget my grandfather’s stories of grinding poverty before Clement Attlee came to power. 

I am delighted that a Labour-run Wales under devolution wants more devolved power, so we can set our own rules, use our compassion to look after our most vulnerable Welsh citizens and not be at the mercy of the nasty party in England.

It’s time socialists in Wales shouted much more loudly about our successes and future plans when faced by Westminster arrogance. 

I am proud to live in Wales — proud to be a Welsh socialist.