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Another by-election? Breaking this morning, the Commons standards committee has recommended that Blackpool South MP Scott Benton should be suspended from parliament for 35 days, concluding that the MP had committed an “extremely serious…
Mark Drakeford has announced that he is stepping down as Welsh First Minister, saying in a statement that nominations for his successor as Welsh Labour leader will be opening "shortly". Drakeford – who has held the role of Welsh First…
Labour urged not to row back on recognising Palestine A former shadow minister has urged the party not to further row back on past commitments on recognising a Palestinian state in government, criticising the party’s abandonment of its…
Last month, I had the immense honour of representing the Welsh government in Birmingham, Alabama, as the community marked the 60th anniversary of the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church that killed four girls and injured many more…
When police officers lose confidence in the justice system, things have gone badly wrong. It’s currently in such chaos that Met firearms officers have no faith in one of their own receiving justice. Once again, the Tories have decimated our…
Mark Drakeford has said he will leave the Welsh parliament at the next election, though he stressed that he is "not going to step back from the debate or stop thinking about Wales' future". Drakeford – who has held the role of Welsh First…
At this year’s Welsh Labour conference, delegates overwhelmingly voted to devolve the Labour rule book. This would make Welsh Labour, for all intents and purposes, a sister party to UK Labour. Members did this because here in Wales we have…
Interest in a universal basic income has dramatically risen in response to plans for two micro-pilots in Jarrow, South Tyneside, and East Finchley, London, published in a report by the think tank Autonomy and Northumbria University. We have…
Frontbencher Gerald Jones has been selected as the Labour candidate for the new seat of Merthyr Tydfil and Upper Cynon – beating fellow sitting MP and Socialist Campaign Group member Beth Winter. Welsh Labour announced this afternoon that…
Below is the full text of Labour leader Keir Starmer's speech to Welsh Labour conference over the weekend. I’ve always felt a proper party conference should be near the sea. Though, in the Labour Party leaders’ handbook it does say in big…
Below is the full text of the speech delivered by First Minister and Welsh Labour leader Mark Drakeford to the 2023 Welsh Labour conference over the weekend. Diolch yn fawr iawn. A diolch i Catherine am y croeso cynnes. Mae’n braf cael bod…
The news that Royal College of Nursing (RCN) members in Wales have rejected the Welsh government's pay offer makes clear that we are in a new phase of the public sector pay dispute in Wales – with lessons for the Welsh government and for…
