Steve Woods“Reform UK tried to create panic and hate with tactics used not only in the UK, but by far-right political parties all over Europe and across the world. The messages they used in Caerphilly didn’t feel local. They felt imported – like someone copied a script from another country and dropped it through our doors.”
David WestonWhilst #Plaid Cymru are projected to win the #Senedd elections, there are still too may supporting a racist, Trump-style party paid for by Russia. Reform is just a money making venture.
David Palk#RejoinEU 💖🇪🇺🕊🌈#EU #Cymraeg #SENEDD #Politics #Wales Eluned (First Minister) absolutely rock solid statement on #Europe . #rejoinEU @instance-toot.wales @RejoinEU @RejoinEU4me @WingletLove @brow_la @Walrus @Rebel_Alliance @Fife4Europe @BremainInSpain @Brexitpirates @JackTheCat @grassrootsforeurope @grassroots
CLondoner92 (New Account)The #Senedd has passed the Bus Services (Wales) Bill, a major reform that will bring bus services back under public control. The legislation aims to improve planning and delivery of local services, putting passengers first and giving the public sector a greater role in both urban and rural areas. Working with local authorities, bus operators, unions, and communities, the #Welsh Government and #Transport for #Wales will create integrated networks with one timetable and ticket across Wales. The Bill seeks reliable, safe, affordable travel, reduces isolation, cuts emissions, and lays the foundation for a greener, fairer, and more connected transport system. Rollout begins in South West Wales in 2027, followed by other regions through 2030.
https://www.gov.wales/bus-services-be-brought-back-public-control
https://www.gov.wales/bus-services-be-brought-back-public-control
EditorPlaid steps in to save Labour budget – £300m deal secures Senedd vote
Labour short of votes, Plaid delivers lifeline
Labour is two votes short of a Senedd majority and could not pass the budget alone. The agreement with Plaid avoids the risk of no budget being passed at all — a scenario ministers warned could have led to “catastrophic cuts” to public services.
The deal was sketched out in the days before the announcement, with Plaid pushing hard for more money for health and local government.
What the deal delivers
The final agreement secures £112.8m of additional funding for local government in 2026‑27, giving councils a 4.5% rise in their settlement, with every council receiving increases above 4%.
It also provides £180m more for health and social care, which, combined with the draft budget, amounts to a 3.6% increase next year. In addition, £120m of capital funding will be set aside for the next Welsh Government after the May 2026 Senedd election to allocate.
First Minister Eluned Morgan hailed the deal as proof of parties “working together on shared priorities to deliver for Wales,” adding that it “secured the passage of the budget and prevented potentially catastrophic cuts.”
Plaid claims credit for frontline boost
Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth said the party’s priority was to protect jobs and keep council tax bills down. “By securing £300m of additional funding for front line services, it avoids the potential of a cliff edge for public spending in Wales,” he said, arguing the deal puts the next Welsh Government “on a firmer footing than would otherwise have been the case.”
Opposition fury
The deal sparked anger from rivals. Welsh Conservatives leader Darren Millar MS accused Labour and Plaid of another “stitch‑up,” claiming the agreement “falls short” and would mean “wasteful spending on extra politicians, overseas embassies and trees, instead of focusing resources on the priorities of the people of Wales.”
Reform UK Wales said the deal showed “a vote for Plaid next year is a vote for Labour,” while Lib Dem Jane Dodds warned that without a serious social care settlement “it will be yet another year of people stuck in hospital beds who should be at home, carers pushed to breaking point, and councils struggling to keep services afloat.”
What happens next
The agreement will be reflected in the Final Budget published on 20 January 2026, alongside other allocations made by the Welsh Government. With Plaid once again stepping in to save Labour, the deal sets the stage for a fierce election battle in May 2026, where opposition parties will seek to portray the arrangement as proof of a Labour‑Plaid axis.
Asyn gwirion.
Labour Senedd candidate says the advantage of a Reform victory next May would be to expose Reform's incompetence
Martin Shipton The leader of Wales’ largest local authority told fellow members of the Labour Party that an advantage of Reform UK winning next May’s Senedd election would be that an administration it led would quickly be shown up as incompetent, we have been informed. Huw Thomas, the leader of Cardiff council, is said to […]
First Minister Eluned Morgan tops Labour’s Senedd candidate list for Ceredigion Penfro
Under Labour’s rules, incumbent Members of the Senedd are automatically placed at the top of their constituency lists. Morgan has represented Mid and West Wales on the regional list since 2016 and became First Minister in 2024, having previously served as Health Minister and International Relations Minister.
Just two of Labour’s candidates on the Ceredigion Penfro list have direct links to the area. Marc Tierney, Morgan’s current office manager, is a county councillor for Narberth Urban and Cabinet Member for Young People, Communities and the Wellbeing of Future Generations. Joshua Phillips, a local activist, chairs Welsh Labour’s Solva & St Davids Branch, is vice chair of Solva Community Council, and is founder of the Edge Festival as well as director of Solva Gin.
Other names on the list include Margaret Greenaway, Swansea‑based President of The Open University Students’ Association; Tansaim Hussain‑Gul, a Cardiff‑born British Gas worker and trade union activist; Luke Davies‑Jones, a chartered accountant and Unite union member born in Swansea and now living in Cardiff; and Peter Huw Jenkins, a county councillor for Llandaff on Cardiff City Council.
Labour’s candidate list for Ceredigion Penfro
Eluned Morgan
First Minister of Wales and incumbent MS, automatically placed at the top of Labour’s slate.
Marc Tierney
County councillor for Narberth Urban, Cabinet Member for Young People, Communities and Wellbeing of Future Generations, and Morgan’s current office manager.
Joshua Phillips
Local activist, chair of Welsh Labour’s Solva & St Davids Branch, vice chair of Solva Community Council, founder of the Edge Festival and director of Solva Gin.
Margaret Greenaway
Swansea-based President of The Open University Students’ Association (OUSA).
Tansaim Hussain-Gul
Cardiff-born British Gas worker and trade union activist.
Luke Davies-Jones
Chartered accountant and Unite union member, born in Swansea and living in Cardiff.
Peter Huw Jenkins
County councillor for Llandaff on Cardiff City Council.
New constituency and projections
Ceredigion Penfro is one of the new multi‑member constituencies created under Senedd reforms, combining parts of Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire. Each of the new constituencies will elect six Members of the Senedd using proportional representation, replacing the old mix of constituency and regional seats.
Polling averages suggest Labour could secure around two seats in Ceredigion Penfro, with Plaid Cymru expected to perform strongly in the area and Reform UK also polling competitively. That would give Labour a foothold in a constituency where Plaid has historically dominated, but where Pembrokeshire’s Labour vote could now play a bigger role under the new boundaries.
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JanPVThis just dropped through the post.
Of course, being a little-Englander far-right party, Deform does not provide a copy of their drivel in Welsh, only English.
Stuff you, Farridge!
▼ ALT-31 Ce sont les mots de #Leigh_Cadno, infirmier retraité, prononcés quelques instants avant son arrestation devant le #Senedd à #Cardiff pour avoir protesté contre la criminalisation de #Palestine-Action.
"Reform UK’s only member of the Welsh parliament has been suspended for two weeks over a racial slur she posted in an office WhatsApp group.
Laura Anne Jones used an offensive Chinese slur in a discussion about the threat of the Chinese government utilising TikTok for espionage."
