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This is the full text of the speech by Carwyn Jones, Welsh Labour Leader and First Minister, at Labour Conference today. Conference, I’d like to begin by offering my congratulations to Jeremy on his win. Jeremy you have shown both dignity…
It was a hot, July morning in packed public meeting in Gorseinon and I was being ripped into, in front of the TV cameras, by a Labour councillor from my own constituency. This was the start of the fightback from a poor 2015 general…
This is one of a series of articles to mark Shared Economy, Shared Power, the Co-operative Party annual conference which runs from Friday 9 September to Sunday 11 September in Cardiff. This year’s Co-operative Party conference – which…
Carwyn Jones is “extremely angry” about reports Welsh Labour officials could be fired if Jeremy Corbyn wins the leadership election and has now demanded both candidates publicly support party staff. A spokesperson for the Welsh Labour…
Kezia Dugdale has hit out at suggestions that Labour could form a pact with the SNP in future, after several party figures raised the possibility of a progressive alliance. The Scottish Labour leader has said that the idea of putting…
Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones last night confirmed his new frontbench, including a place for Welsh Lib Dem leader Kirsty Williams. Labour denied the move constituted a formal coalition, and stated that it was committed to fulfilling the…
Carwyn Jones was today reinstated as the First Minister of Wales after the conclusion of talks with Plaid Cymru to end the political deadlock in the Assembly. Jones was confirmed back into the role by the Senedd today, but he will not make…
UPDATE: Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru have now confirmed they have contacted the Presiding Officer following successful meetings with their respective Assembly groups today, and have agreed a solution that will allow Carwyn Jones to be…
Plaid has consistently attempted to position itself as the party to the left of Jones’s Llafur Cymru and has argued that it belongs to a political tradition associated more closely associated with Socialism and the trade union movement than…
Carwyn Jones has vowed to stand again for the role of First Minister after an Assembly vote for the nomination ended in deadlock today. Jones, the Welsh Labour leader, said his party has a “clear mandate” to form a Government after they…
Welsh Labour has fallen just short of a majority in the Senedd, winning 29 of the 60 seats available. Welsh leader Carwyn Jones said he is now talking to opposition parties about the possibility of coalition. This would mean talking to…
This is an extract from the speech Jeremy Corbyn has just given in Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough where Gill Furniss has won the parliamentary seat. "All across England last night we were getting predictions Labour were going to…
