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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Millie Cooke

John Curtice says Labour in ‘severe trouble’ in Wales after humiliating by-election defeat

Labour is in “severe trouble” in Wales, polling expert Sir John Curtice has warned, after the party suffered a brutal defeat in a by-election in its heartlands.

Plaid Cymru snatched the traditionally Labour seat of Caerphilly away from Sir Keir Starmer’s party despite a surge in the Reform UK vote overnight on Friday.

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