Eluned Morgan to set out ‘red Welsh way’ in speech criticising Starmer

Eluned Morgan will say: ‘I will not hesitate to challenge from within, even when it means shaking things up and disrupting the comfortable.’ Photograph: Dimitris Legakis/The Guardian

The Welsh first minister will criticise Keir Starmer’s welfare reforms in a major speech on Tuesday, saying she will pursue a leftwing “red Welsh way” and put a clear dividing line between Welsh Labour and the national party.

Eluned Morgan will distance herself from Starmer’s government in a speech on Tuesday billed by allies as a reset moment for Welsh Labour to counter the threats from Reform UK and Plaid Cymru.