The Welsh Liberal Democrats leader has called for her party to be "more exciting".

Speaking at the party's annual conference in Brighton, Jane Dodds said she was disappointed to be the only Liberal Democrat elected at May's Senedd elections and questioned the party's messaging on independence.

Dodds said she was "sorry" that Wales did not vote for more of her colleagues, and that it was important to ask why.

"People are right to ask why we didn't win more seats," Dodds told party members.

"Was it the squeeze between Plaid Cymru and Reform UK? Were we right to fight this campaign on the NHS and social care?

"Were we right to be so clear that we oppose independence?

"What could I, as leader, have done differently? Those are fair questions, and we should learn from them honestly, without flinching," she said.

Part of the solution, Dodds argued, was making sure people know the Liberal Democrats have plans and policies to improve their lives.

She called for her party to "do more" on issues such as climate change and wealth inequality.

Dodds said: "This summer the green fields of Wales turned brown.

"Wildfires occurred everywhere and kept reoccurring. This has surely brought home how important climate change is to us all."

Politicians could not afford "silence" on the issue and need to have honest conversations with the public that are "not easy", she added.

"We have to be honest about what comes next: where our food comes from, flying less, real investment in public transport, and making it easier, for a family to choose an electric car over a petrol one."

The MS for Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd also said there needed to be protections for people whose jobs are affected by artificial intelligence.

"We need to tax the wealth on AI and create a wealth fund that allows us to pay a universal basic income so that the gains of that revolution are shared by everyone not just hoarded by a handful of companies on the other side of the Atlantic," said Dodds.