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Inside Starmer’s fight to keep Labour leadership – Full timeline as calls grow for PM to step down

The resignations of four ministers and several government aides have piled pressure on the Prime Minister, who vowed to fight on at Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting

The Independent UK

Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth announced as first minister of Wales

First time post has been held by someone who is not a Labour politician

The Independent UK

Rhun ap Iorwerth set to become Plaid Cymru’s first premier of Wales

The Plaid Cymru leader is hoping to become the next first minister of Wales in a vote on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

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Wales has been hit by a political earthquake – and the UK government is in a very tricky position

If Starmer’s Labour refuses to concede more powers to Plaid Cymru, the triumphant independence party, it will only accelerate its own decline, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward

The Guardian - UK

Labour MP says she will trigger leadership contest by Monday if cabinet does not launch challenge – as it happened

Catherine West says she will try to get the necessary signatures herself to trigger a leadership contest

The Guardian - UK

Why Welsh voters turned their backs on the Labour party after 100 years

Disregard from UK Labour and struggling public services are just some of reasons behind ‘astonishing’ collapse

The Guardian - UK

Reform and Plaid Cymru likely to benefit from polarisation of Welsh politics

Polls suggest Reform could win most seats in Senedd election but party is unlikely to be able to form government

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Welsh and Scottish Labour leaders refuse to back Starmer ahead of election

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Starmer could cost us the election, Welsh Labour leader says in stinging attack on prime minister

While she insisted it would not be ‘helpful’ to oust Sir Keir Starmer right now, she refused to say whether she thought he would lead the party into the next general election

The Independent UK

Welsh First Minister tells people to vote for wrong party

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The Independent UK

Welsh Labour First Minister Eluned Morgan shouts ‘vote Plaid Cymru’ in major campaign gaffe

The slip of the tongue was met with amusement

The Independent UK

Welsh countryside: what Greens and Reform are promising they would change after election

In the last of our series on environmental issues and the Wales election campaign, we look particularly at countryside policies of two parties that are new contenders for seats in the Senedd.

The Conversation

Welsh Labour faces ‘existential’ change as party braces for May election defeat

‘Critical debate’ about party’s identity and direction looms if it loses control of Senedd next month after 27 years in power

The Guardian - UK

Welsh FM likens herself to canned cocktail while warning she could lose seat

Baroness Eluned Morgan, the leader of Welsh Labour, said in a video posted on social media there was a ‘danger’ of her losing to a Reform candidate.

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Wales’s First Minister likens herself to canned cocktail while warning against Reform

She used a mojito to represent Plaid Cymru

Evening Standard

Fact check: Free NHS prescriptions and AI small boats videos

Round-up of fact checks from the last few days compiled by Full Fact.

The Conversation

After 27 years in power, Welsh Labour’s dominance may soon be over

Welsh Labour is in unfamiliar territory. While winning elections in Wales had become routine since 1922, the upcoming Senedd (Welsh parliament) election has thrown the party into uncharted waters, with the prospect of finishing a distant third.

Evening Standard

Britain is ‘defenceless’ without support of the US, says Farage

Speaking to reporters on Thursday, the Reform leader stressed the importance of preserving what he described as a ‘crucial’ relationship.

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Wales’s first minister calls on Keir Starmer to halt US-UK space defence project

Eluned Morgan says US under Donald Trump is ‘not partner it once was’ with Iran threats and ‘contempt’ towards UK

The Guardian - UK

Starmer pledges to tackle new cost of living crisis at May elections campaign launch

Prime minister says 7 May vote is coming at time of ‘war on two fronts’ as Labour braces for heavy losses at polls

Evening Standard

Minister insists UK steel tariff plans are ‘not very Donald Trump’

The Government wants up to 50% of steel used in the UK to be made in the country, up from 30%.

Evening Standard

No apologies for devolved spending, says Starmer after leaked memo

The Prime Minister had sent the memo to ministers in December, telling them to be ‘confident’ in spending directly in devolved nations.

The Guardian - UK

Starmer warned cabinet against ‘overly deferential’ relations with devolved governments

Leaked memo dates from shortly after Labour Senedd members raised alarm devolution is being rolled back

International Business Times UK

British Journalist 'Terrified' as Police Forcefully Raided His Cardiff Home Over China Spy Allegations

A senior Welsh journalist's home in Cardiff was raided by counterterrorism police as part of an investigation into alleged spying for China.

International Business Times UK

Joani Reid's Husband Among Former Labour Advisers Under Fire in China Espionage Case

David Taylor, husband of East Kilbride and Strathaven MP Joani Reid, was arrested on suspicion of spying for China, alongside two others.

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