Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Senedd

Starmer ‘welcome’ on Welsh campaign trail if he brings more investment, FM says

Asked if she was happy for Sir Keir to be Prime Minister during Welsh Labour’s Senedd election campaign, Lady Morgan said ‘yes’.

Evening Standard

Plaid Cymru leader warns ‘Reform would set Wales back decades’ as he declares election a two-horse race

Rhun ap Iorweth told the party conference that a Reform government would set Wales back decades

The Independent UK

Welsh elections a choice between culture and ignorance, Plaid leader says

Rhun ap Iorwerth tells party conference Labour and Tories ‘slipping away’ and Reform UK is main threat

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Five key takeaways from the Gorton and Denton byelection

The night saw a big win for the Greens, disappointment for Reform and landmark losses for Labour and the Tories

The Guardian - UK

Senedd votes in favour of implementing Westminster’s assisted dying bill

Should legislation pass House of Lords, the matter will require another vote after May’s Welsh elections

The Guardian - UK

PM extolls importance of standing ‘side by side’ with Welsh FM

Sir Keir Starmer says he will deliver rail improvements ‘side by side’ with Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan.

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer to make first public appearance since council elections U-turn

The Prime Minister is due in Wales on Wednesday, where Labour faces pressure from Reform UK and Plaid Cymru ahead of a crunch Senedd vote.

Evening Standard

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Only the Tories believe in keeping UK together, Badenoch tells Welsh conference

The Conservative leader was speaking to party members in Llandudno ahead of Senedd elections in May.

Evening Standard

Welsh First Minister says Sir Keir Starmer has her support

Baroness Eluned Morgan has not joined Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar in urging the Prime Minister to resign.

Evening Standard

Monday briefing: The Welsh were Labour’s most loyal voters, but even their support is in doubt

In today’s newsletter: With public services under strain and voters drifting from traditional parties, the Senedd contest in May might end up causing an unprecedented reshaping of Welsh politics

The Guardian - UK

Former Tory head of London council appointed Reform leader in Wales

Dan Thomas unveiled by Nigel Farage at sold-out rally as party prepares for Senedd elections

The Guardian - UK

Former Tory council leader Dan Thomas unveiled as head of Reform UK in Wales

The announcement was made during a conference at the International Convention Centre Wales in Newport.

Evening Standard

Senedd passes budget after Welsh Labour makes deal with Plaid Cymru

All government departments and local authorities will get real-terms funding increases after Plaid agrees to abstain

The Guardian - UK

One country is trying to outlaw political lying, without curbing free speech

For the past two years, the Welsh parliament – or Senedd – has been grappling with how to tackle deliberate lying by politicians and how to rebuild public trust in democracy.

The Conversation

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Tory dismissed from party over Reform defection talks

He has been stripped of the Conservative whip and removed from the shadow cabinet

The Conversation

Environment issues have never been so fiercely debated in a Welsh election campaign as they will be in 2026

Wales prides itself in being a pioneer in environmental policy. It was the first country in the world to adopt a statutory duty for public bodies to make development sustainable, in 2015. Yet, environmental issues have rarely featured prominently in elections to the Senedd (the Welsh parliament).

The Guardian - UK

‘We were missing in the conversation’: how Zack Polanski hit on plan to beat Reform at their own game

This time last year Polanski was barely known outside the party. Now he’s hoping for success at May’s local elections – by taking a page from Nigel Farage’s playbook

The Guardian - UK

‘They misjudged Caerphilly’: how the Reform juggernaut backfired in Welsh byelection

It was assumed that Reform would sweep all before it – but locals rejected the party’s campaign of ‘lies and hate’

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Inside the impoverished Welsh communities abandoning Labour and turning to Farage’s Reform

IN DEPTH: Reform UK and Plaid Cymru are ramping up their campaigns ahead of May’s Senedd elections, as polls already predict Starmer’s party could face a catastrophic defeat, writes Holly Evans

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on May 2026 elections: a new political geography is coming into view across Britain

Editorial: Over the holiday period, the Guardian leader column is looking ahead at the themes of 2026. Today we look at the impact of devolution on growing volatility of party political allegiance

The Guardian - UK

I don’t care if Reform calls me a bad word on WhatsApp. But the story behind its gaffe is far more worrying

The leaked exchange shows how much the party dislikes scrutiny – which reveals a lot about its approach to governing, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward

The Guardian - UK

Welsh Labour MSs accuse Starmer government of rolling back devolution

More than third of party’s Senedd members write to PM, in move seen as further evidence of Labour decline in Wales

The Independent UK

Reform UK politician ‘caused a lot of hurt’ to Chinese community over racial slur

Laura Anne Jones was suspended from the Senedd for two weeks for using an offensive remark

The Guardian - UK

Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media

Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls

The Independent UK

Reform UK’s only representative in Welsh parliament suspended over racial slur

Laura Anne Jones made the offensive remark about Chinese people in a WhatsApp group in 2023

1 … 4 5 6 7

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

The Liberal Democrats