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Parts of Keir Starmer’s reshuffle started to leak just before 10pm last night, and the whole new team was unveiled on the hour. It came after a long day of waiting for news while the leadership negotiated with newly strengthened deputy…
After a devastating defeat in Hartlepool, another heavy one in the Tees Valley mayoral race and council losses across England, the second day of election results offered a mixed bag including some much-needed positives for Labour. In Wales…
Update, 2pm: Counting has now finished in the Senedd election. Labour is the largest party with 30 seats, 27 constituencies and three on the regional lists. The Conservatives secured a total of 16 seats, Plaid Cymru 13 and the Lib Dems one…
The people of Wales have spoken and been heard. Well, they have at least in 32 of the 40 constituency seats in the Senedd. Polling predictions ahead of the election had been variable, with the worst forecasting an all-time low of 22 seats…
“When people go to vote today, the choice will be simple. Vote Labour to secure our economy, protect our NHS and rebuild our country – or continue with the same old, unequal economy under the Conservatives,” writes Anneliese Dodds, the…
"People have realised that Wales can use its powers independently," Jane Hutt explains to me. "But Welsh Labour is very clear that we want our powers to be used for a purpose." This awareness of how the Welsh government can act…
Labour started off in 1999 with every constituency seat in Glasgow, and it stayed that way until 2007, when Nicola Sturgeon won Southside. Then came the 2011 SNP landslide, which saw five of the nine constituencies turn yellow, before every…
We have an abundance of polls to look at ahead of election day tomorrow. Unfortunately, several of them do not make particularly happy reading for Labour. Gloomy predictions have been published for the Tees Valley and the West Midlands…
Many constituencies across Wales are balanced on a knife edge as Labour fights for control of the Senedd. Nowhere is this close battle more evident than in Llanelli, where Labour won in 2016 by just 1.3% of the vote. The seat has changed…
Simon Fletcher, a senior aide to Keir Starmer who was appointed as his strategic adviser for the leadership campaign before being given responsibility for campaigns and election planning in the leader's office, will be leaving after the May…
MPs questioned a top civil servant yesterday on Tory sleaze and government leaks as he did his level best not to answer. In a session likened to a "badly scripted version of Yes Minister", Simon Case gave evidence to the public…
Labour looks set for a mixed night at the ballot box in the May elections – and Wales is no exception, with different polls showing wildly varied outcomes. As the last ‘Red Wall’, the party enjoys more power here than in any other part of…
