FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 8 - The Untold Story

Plaid Cymru ousts Labour in Caerphilly byelection

Rhun ap Iorwerth’s party seizes Senedd seat, beating Reform UK into second place

The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2025

High turnout in vital Caerphilly Welsh Parliament by-election as votes counted

Plaid Cymru and Reform UK hoping to do well in Labour stronghold.

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2025

No 10 accepts people are ‘disappointed with the pace of change’ as Plaid Cymru celebrates Caerphilly byelection win – as it happpened

Lindsay Whittle seized the Senedd constituency from Labour and resisted a fierce challenge from Reform UK

The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2025

‘I don’t know anyone who is voting Labour’: How Reform is turning a red heartland light blue

This south Wales constituency has been deemed a safe Labour seat for over a century, but voters on streets of Caerphilly tell Holly Evans they are fed up – and think Nigel Farage’s Reform might be the answer

The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2025

What the Caerphilly byelection could reveal about Reform, Labour and Wales’ political future

When voters in Caerphilly in south Wales go to the polls later this month, it will be about far more than one seat in the Senedd, Wales’s devolved parliament.

The Conversation · Oct 16, 2025

Welsh Government warns of ‘catastrophic’ impact if budget fails

The 2026/27 draft budget sets out spending plans worth more than £27 billion for public services.

Evening Standard · Oct 14, 2025

Welsh Conservatives offer home tax deal to back Labour budget

Darren Millar, leader of the Welsh Conservatives, has written to First Minister Eluned Morgan, offering to discuss a budget agreement.

Evening Standard · Oct 14, 2025

Reform will shake-up status quo in Wales, vows Farage

He said he has a ‘full-time team’ working on policies ahead of May’s Senedd election.

Evening Standard · Oct 12, 2025

Vote Plaid to stop Reform, says party leader

Addressing the annual party conference in Swansea, Rhun ap Iorwerth said Nigel Farage’s party is out of touch with the challenges facing Welsh people.

The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2025

The Guardian view on the nationalist surge: the SNP and Plaid Cymru are making the political weather

Editorial: In both Scotland and Wales, politics is marching to the beat of different drums from the rest of Britain. The UK-wide parties should watch out

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2025