Wales has been ignored by the Conservatives and taken for granted by Labour, Plaid Cymru leader Ieuan Wyn Jones has said.

As campaigning across Wales enters its final day, Plaid Cymru's president said his party alone could offer voters a voice in deciding the future of Wales.

"Our communities have been ignored by successive Tory governments and taken for granted by new Labour. The only way to fight back for Wales is to cast a vote for the party which is governed by the needs of Wales and all our communities, Plaid Cymru," said Jones.

Jones said Plaid stood for "the creation of a fairer society and equal opportunity for all through the re-distribution of wealth" and would seek to prevent "creeping privatisation" in schools and the NHS.

He repeated Plaid's commitment to giving the Welsh assembly the same powers as the Scottish parliament and said he expected the party to have a higher share of the vote and more MPs than it gained at the 1997 election.

"Plaid Cymru will gain its best ever result in this general election," Jones predicted.

Seeking to prevent precisely that outcome, Labour's Rhodri Morgan has called on voters to turn out and support the party.

"There is no partnership more important in the political life of Wales than the partnership between Labour in Westminster and Labour at the National Assembly," said Morgan.

"But, in the end, whoever you may vote for, make sure you do just that. Get to the polling stations and play your part in the great democratic way of getting things done. Wales has a proud record in the fight for the right to vote, and in using it. Let's make sure we add to that record tomorrow," he said.

Elsewhere, the Liberal Democrats pointed to a shortage of police officers in Gwent as evidence of the need for increased investment.

"Sheer neglect by successive governments has allowed our police forces to reach this state," said the party's Torfaen candidate Alan Masters.

The Conservatives are to focus on the failure of Labour to deliver on its pledges.

The Tory leader in the Welsh assembly, Nick Bourne, is to set out how Labour would gain from a Conservative government.