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 ...

Ex-first minister argues lack of plan for new powers for Wales significant factor in election defeat ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 2026 Senedd (Welsh parliament) election has transformed Welsh politics. Much of the attention has focused on the rise of Plaid ...

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 ...

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 ...

Back in 2003, a colleague who worked in opinion polling was briefing a team of field researchers in south Wales who were about to collect responses to an election survey. These researchers were a ...

Funding aimed at stopping children from committing crime or needing to be remanded in custody if they are accused of offences ...

“Devolution has helped me in becoming more confident using Welsh as a language through the roll-out of Welsh in the school curriculum, and encourages me that politics can be done differently compared ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...