10 h. ago Welsh Labour could slump to historic low in 2026 Senedd elections, poll finds

Plaid Cymru is predicted to be biggest party in the next Welsh elections, with Reform UK in second and Labour third.

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12 h. ago The Reform Five: Nigel Farage's newest recruit Sarah Pochin is sworn in as an MP after her by

Former Tory councillor Ms Pochin stunned politics with a by-election win in the former Labour stronghold of Runcorn and Helsby last week.

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12 h. ago DARREN LEWIS: 'Keir Starmer needs to grow a backbone fast if he wants to win back loyalty to Labour'

Labour's colossal by-election defeat is yet another sign that Sir Keir Starmer can't take modern voters for granted, writes Darren Lewis

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14 h. ago Downing Street rejects Welsh leader’s call to ‘rethink’ winter fuel policy

Welsh First Minister Baroness Eluned Morgan called for a ‘rethink’ of the decision to means-test winter fuel payments.

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15 h. ago Poll of the day: Should Labour reverse the cuts to winter fuel payments?

Have your say: Labour’s cuts to winter fuel payments, blamed for heavy local election losses, have sparked a fierce debate over whether the policy should be reversed to win back voter trust

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17 h. ago Welsh Labour leader launches broadside at Starmer demanding he rethinks winter fuel and benefits cuts amid panic over Reform threat

Baroness Morgan used a speech marking a year until Senedd elections to insist she 'will not stay silent' when the PM makes 'decisions that we think will harm Welsh communities'.

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17 h. ago Wes Streeting admits winter fuel payment cuts was factor in Labour election losses as he refuses to rule out rowback

But he said there was no ‘formal review’ under way in Government

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18 h. ago Winter fuel squeeze anger was factor in Labour election losses – Streeting

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the Government was ‘reflecting on what voters told us last Thursday’.

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18 h. ago Wes Streeting admits people 'aren't happy' amid pressure to U

Wes Streeting acknowledged the public aren't happy about winter fuel payment cuts and said the Government was listening to voters' rejection of Labour at the local elections

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19 h. ago Rowback on winter fuel payment cuts not denied by Health Secretary Wes Streeting after Labour's election blows

But he said there was no ‘formal review’ under way in Government

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19 h. ago Streeting backs winter fuel cuts despite disastrous local elections for Labour

The health secretary said winter fuel payment cuts had allowed Labour to invest in the NHS

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19 h. ago Welsh Labour leader launches broadside at Starmer amid panic over Reform threat in Senedd elections

Baroness Morgan will use a speech marking a year until Senedd elections that she 'will not stay silent' when the PM makes 'decisions that we think will harm Welsh communities'.

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19 h. ago Disgraced former MP Mike Amesbury says fallout from punchgate felt like 'being buried alive' amid disappointing Labour local election results

Amesbury stepped down as MP for Runcorn and Helsby on March 17, weeks after being convicted for drunkenly punching a constituent in the street.

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26 h. ago Labour 'is reviewing its winter fuel payment for thousands of Brits' after backlash from voters during elections

Senior figures in Keir Starmer's circles have allegedly been discussing how to simmer public anger in the wake of Labour's local election thumping to Nigel Farage's Reform.

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37 h. ago Starmer ‘known around the world’ for cutting winter fuel payments for pensioners, top economist says

Labour’s winter fuel cuts have been blamed for the party’s disastrous local election performance

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37 h. ago Farage here to stay: the local elections that changed everything– Politics Weekly Westminster

After Reform UK stormed to victory at local elections, has its leader reshaped politics for ever? And how will Labour and the Conservatives respond? Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey go through the results and unpick what they mean Continue reading...

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58 h. ago Labour MPs press Starmer to rethink benefits cuts after local elections

Removal of winter fuel allowance partly blamed for party’s setbacks at polls

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58 h. ago Moment security staff are forced to intervene as Labour's Wes Streeting sees his live interview interrupted outside the BBC's Broadcasting House

The Cabinet minister was forced to break off from speaking to Times Radio about Labour 's local elections results to explain why there was the sound of a commotion.

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63 h. ago Anas Sarwar admits Labour government must go 'further and faster' to counter surge of Nigel Farage's Reform

Anas Sarwar has warned his Labour colleagues at Westminster need to better deliver on election promises to counter the surge of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.

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63 h. ago Diane Abbott slams Labour's 'disastrous' local elections and sends ten

Veteran Labour MP Diane Abbott has sent a strong warning to her Labour colleagues after her party suffered 'disastrous' results at the local elections last week

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