A new poll has found that most people in Cymru support Wales having control over areas such as health, education and housing instead of Westminster. The poll shows that almost two thirds of people in Wales are happy with the level of devolution in Wales or want the transfer of powers from Westminster to Wales to go further.
Since 1999, the Senedd/Welsh Parliament has had control over key decision-making areas following the results of a referendum. This devolution of powers continued following 2011 which gave the then-Welsh Assembly law-making powers.
Devolution and the powers wielded in Wales has been a real talking point in recent years. Some, like First Minister Mark Drakeford, feel that the Welsh Government needs more powers to be able to properly serve the people of Wales, whereas politicians like Boris Johnson have described devolution in the UK as a "mistake." Some political parties in Wales are calling for the Welsh Parliament to be abolished (though these parties were wiped out in the last Senedd election in 2021) whereas there have also been increasing calls for Welsh independence since Brexit.
