Welsh Labour could slump to historic low in 2026 Senedd elections, poll finds Plaid Cymru is predicted to be biggest party in the next Welsh elections, with Reform UK in second and Labour third. Evening Standard · May 6, 2025
Starmer rejects Welsh leader’s call to ‘rethink’ winter fuel policy Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said ‘we had to stabilise the economy’ as he defended the actions taken by his Government. The Independent UK · May 6, 2025
Downing Street rejects Welsh leader’s call to ‘rethink’ winter fuel policy Welsh First Minister Baroness Eluned Morgan called for a ‘rethink’ of the decision to means-test winter fuel payments. Evening Standard · May 6, 2025
Welsh Labour first minister says she is ‘losing patience’ with Starmer’s policies Eluned Morgan says her government will move ‘to the left’ and urges UK Labour to reconsider budget cuts The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2025
Labour MP accuses Reform of sucking up to Putin in heated clash A Labour MP accused Reform of sucking up to Russian leader Vladimir Putin during a heated clash on live television. The Independent UK · May 6, 2025
‘Social care will collapse’: Independent readers react to family visa crackdown YOUR VIEWS: Readers weigh in on the impact of new care worker visa rules – from fears of a collapsing sector and rising costs to calls for better wages and homegrown training to fill the gap The Independent UK · May 6, 2025
OPINION - Reform can take credit for Labour's crackdown on visa overstayers Labour is stealing Reform’s clothes... how about taking more of them? Evening Standard · May 6, 2025
Keir Starmer Hit with Urgent Benefit Cuts Warning as Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan Vows to Stand Firm Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan is making it crystal clear she’s not about to sit back quietly while Labour’s proposed benefit cuts threaten some of the most vulnerable people in Wales. The Fashion Central · May 6, 2025
Half of Reform voters say local election vote was a protest in clear warning to Starmer and Badenoch After disastrous local election results, Tory MPs hoping to install Robert Jenrick as new leader risk being disappointed as research suggest he would not beat Nigel Farage’s Reform The Independent UK · May 6, 2025
'Don't panic,' says William Hague as Tory grandee clashes with Liz Truss on how to save party after elections rout The Conservatives lost 674 council seats on May 1 as Nigel Farage’s Reform UK surged Evening Standard · May 6, 2025
Pressure on Starmer over winter fuel cash squeeze after local election results Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan called for a ‘rethink’ while Cabinet minister Wes Streeting acknowledged voters’ unhappiness over the policy. Evening Standard · May 6, 2025
Former MP who punched constituent blames Starmer for by-election loss Mike Amesbury said it is time for Labour MPs to challenge the government over policies such as the winter fuel cuts The Independent UK · May 6, 2025
Disgraced former MP Mike Amesbury ‘disappointed but not surprised’ by Reform win The by-election held in Amesbury’s former seat in Runcorn and Helsby was won by Reform by just six votes last week. Evening Standard · May 6, 2025
Wes Streeting admits winter fuel payment cuts was factor in Labour election losses as he refuses to rule out rowback But he said there was no ‘formal review’ under way in Government Evening Standard · May 6, 2025
The Independent UK · May 6, 2025 Romania appoints interim PM after coalition's defeat in presidential race Romania’s interim president has appointed a new prime minister, a day after Marcel Ciolacu stepped down following the failure of his coalition’s candidate to make the runoff in a rerun of the presidential election
The Independent UK · May 6, 2025 Starmer rules out winter fuel allowance U-turn despite local elections backlash Ministers defend stripping the payments from 10 million pensioners, claiming the move has allowed Labour to invest in the NHS
The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2025 Reform accused of hypocrisy after advertising home working jobs Several paid roles at party are not in office despite Nigel Farage’s comments promising ‘no more work from home’
The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2025 Tuesday briefing: The levers Labour might pull to counter a growing threat from Reform In today’s newsletter: Can a partial U-turn on the winter fuel allowance help the party set a new agenda – and keep support for Nigel Farage at bay?
The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2025 The lesson for Labour? Until it can improve local lives and stop fearing Farage, more losses are coming Rapid, highly visible action in communities and a forthright attack on the new right – that is what’s needed now, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2025 Wes Streeting: I will defend the tax rises funding 8.3m GP appointments Exclusive: Health secretary to challenge Reform on how it would fund investment in NHS
The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2025 Eluned Morgan to set out ‘red Welsh way’ in speech criticising Starmer Exclusive: First minister of Wales hoping to counter threats to Welsh Labour from Reform and Plaid Cymru
The Independent UK · May 5, 2025 Trump plans to jumpstart one of the nation’s worst prisons. Officials may have to boot threatened seabirds to do it The tourist destination is home to thousands of seabirds that rely on the island to nest and raise their families
The Independent UK · May 5, 2025 Welsh Labour leader to say she ‘won’t stay silent’ as she looks to Senedd vote The Senedd elections next spring will be Baroness Morgan’s first as party leader.
The Fashion Central · May 5, 2025 BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg Left Stunned as Reform Party Unveils Plans to Sue Government Sunday’s episode of Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg wasn’t short on drama, especially when Reform UK’s Chairman
The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2025 Cuts leave voters doubting Labour’s ability to deliver change Many are giving up on the government after the winter fuel allowance cut, on which there may now be a partial U-turn