25 years ago today Wales returned its first assembly members - almost two years after the people of Wales narrowly voted 'yes' to devolution Some powers were passed from Westminster to the National ...

Welsh Secretary Jo Stevens has previously defended the UK government's record in Wales [EPA] Jo Stevens is the most "anti-devolution" Labour Welsh secretary in half a century, according to a former ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lord Elis-Thomas: he was a self-proclaimed Marxist - Ben Rice/Alamy Lord Elis-Thomas, who has died aged 78, was a mercurial Welsh ...

A memo recorded Sir Keir Starmer telling ministers to be prepared to make decisions even if it was against the wishes of a UK nation's devolved government The prime minister has defended his approach ...

March 2024 marks the 40th anniversary of the start of the miners’ strike. In Wales, particularly within the south Wales coalfield, it was more than an industrial dispute. This was a major political ...

After its worst defeat in modern history, Welsh Labour faces a battle to redefine its purpose, identity and future.

The 2026 Senedd (Welsh parliament) election has transformed Welsh politics. Much of the attention has focused on the rise of Plaid Cymru and Reform UK, and on Welsh Labour’s dramatic losses. But ...

From the earliest years of devolution there’s plenty of evidence of a different Welsh approach to education, but it’s more difficult to gauge whether those decisions have benefited children and young ...

Jo Stevens is the most "anti-devolution" Labour Welsh secretary in half a century, according to a former Welsh government minister. Labour Member of the Senedd (MS) Lee Waters told a podcast that ...

Spoiler alert. Labour won the most seats at the first assembly election in 1999. And you probably know Labour have had the most assembly or Senedd seats in all the Welsh elections since devolution. In ...

"To see devolution across the UK protected in a federal framework, to see voter turnout increase in Senedd elections, and to see the proposal for 96 Senedd members implemented in such a way that ...