The leader of the Conservatives in the Welsh assembly has delivered an upbeat speech calling for the local party to match David Cameron's "re-invigorated and dynamic approach".

Speaking at the Welsh Conservative Party's annual general meeting in Llandrindod Wells on Saturday, Nick Bourne said the Tories were now leading the public agenda on the environment, world poverty and social justice issues.

He said: "Our party is pursuing a positive, reforming approach across the United Kingdom but nowhere more so than here in Wales."

Warning the party's grassroots of the challenges ahead before next May's assembly elections, Bourne promised a manifesto which is "distinctly Welsh".

Congratulating the hard work of the candidates in the Blaenau Gwent by-elections, he said: "We have proved that if we campaign on a forward-looking agenda, then there are no 'no-go' areas in Wales for our party.

"There is no demographic group that is off limits to us, there is no doorstep that we should feel daunted to approach.

"We need to go beyond the 'winnable' target seats and challenge the political status quo".

Criticising the Welsh Labour Party's handling of the economy, the NHS and education, he accused it of making a series of "shameful broken promises".

He said: "David Cameron has made his intentions clear, that under his leadership it is time for the party to change so that future growth is secured.

"He has shown us the direction that the party must take.

"Let us embrace that change here in Wales so we can deliver the success that this country so badly needs."