Appointment confirmed by plenary vote in Senedd after party ended 100 years of Labour rule in last week’s election Rhun ap Iorwerth has been voted first minister of Wales after Plaid Cymru’s Senedd ...

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Plaid Cymru will aim to form the next Welsh government as a minority administration, ending Labour’s generational rule in Wales. Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth said in a speech outside the Senedd ...

Plaid Cymru became the largest party in Wales this week after winning 43 of the 96 seats in the Senedd. Leader Rhun ap Iorwerth is now in discussions with other parties to form a new government, but ...

Plaid Cymru’s electoral hopes for May’s Senedd election are high. Polls suggest the party is competing with Reform UK to emerge as the largest group in the next Welsh parliament, putting it, for the ...

One party has held court over Welsh politics for more than a century. Welsh Labour MPs have been the largest group sent to Westminster in every general election since 1922 - and the party has been in ...

Rhun ap Iorwerth launches party’s manifesto and says he is unconcerned by Reform UK threat in Welsh elections Plaid Cymru’s leader has promised “no more bending to Westminster’s will” as the ...

Plaid Cymru have launched their manifesto for the Senedd elections in Wales, including pledges on childcare, NHS waiting lists and education standards. Their leader Rhun ap Iorwerth said there would ...

One of the UK’s rarest coastal plants is being brought back from the brink. Fewer than 5,000 Shore Dock plants remain in the wild worldwide. Now, conservationists are working to secure its future at ...

Plaid Cymru has said voters should "choose hope" and vote for them on 7 May, claiming the Senedd Election is a "straight choice between Plaid and Reform". In a recent ITV Cymru Wales poll, Plaid Cymru ...

Neil Roberts said he did not want to ‘detract’ from the campaign for the Senedd Amy Gibbons is a Political Correspondent for The Telegraph. She was named Young Political Correspondent of the Year by ...

A Plaid Cymru Welsh government would aim to establish a national commission to explore Wales's constitutional future, including a potential path toward independence, within its first 100 days in ...