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May 7 elections: Hour-by-hour guide to results

Results will be declared from the early hours of Friday through to Saturday evening.

Evening Standard

Welsh countryside: what Greens and Reform are promising they would change after election

In the last of our series on environmental issues and the Wales election campaign, we look particularly at countryside policies of two parties that are new contenders for seats in the Senedd.

The Conversation

Welsh Labour faces ‘existential’ change as party braces for May election defeat

‘Critical debate’ about party’s identity and direction looms if it loses control of Senedd next month after 27 years in power

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A new Welsh electoral landscape puts Plaid Cymru within reach of power

Plaid Cymru’s electoral hopes for May’s Senedd election are high. Polls suggest the party is competing with Reform UK to emerge as the largest group in the next Welsh parliament, putting it, for the first time, within reach of leading a government in Wales.

The Conversation

What the parties promise Welsh voters on the NHS, schools, childcare and tax

Labour, Plaid Cymru, Reform, the Greens, the Tories and the Lib Dems set out competing plans but offer little detail on how they would pay for them

The Guardian - UK

Wales’s First Minister likens herself to canned cocktail while warning against Reform

She used a mojito to represent Plaid Cymru

The Independent UK

Welsh FM likens herself to canned cocktail while warning she could lose seat

Baroness Eluned Morgan, the leader of Welsh Labour, said in a video posted on social media there was a ‘danger’ of her losing to a Reform candidate.

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More than a third of MPs polled would not take part in ‘deliberative democracy’

The first of its kind research questioned MPs as well as Members of the Scottish Parliament, the Senedd, and the Northern Ireland Assembly.

The Independent UK

More than 110,000 applications to vote on deadline day

Of the applications submitted on April 20, more than two-thirds were by people aged 34 and under.

Evening Standard

After 27 years in power, Welsh Labour’s dominance may soon be over

Welsh Labour is in unfamiliar territory. While winning elections in Wales had become routine since 1922, the upcoming Senedd (Welsh parliament) election has thrown the party into uncharted waters, with the prospect of finishing a distant third.

The Conversation

Deadline day to register to vote in May 7 elections

Some 42,827 applications to vote were submitted on Sunday April 19, the highest on a single day so far this year.

Evening Standard

How to register to vote in local elections with deadline just hours away

Along with Monday’s deadline to register to vote, there are a number of other key dates before polling day

The Independent UK

Limited scrutiny of party claims in early Welsh election coverage – new analysis

With the Senedd (Welsh parliament) election campaign now under way, voters in Wales are beginning to see more political coverage across television, online and social media. Broadcasters have reported on manifesto launches and party messaging.

The Conversation

Reform or Plaid? Whichever way Welsh voters go, the country will be utterly transformed

Each party has its own version of nationalism to offer voters in May’s Senedd election: closer ties to England or more independence for Wales, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward

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‘No more bending to Westminster’s will’ if Plaid Cymru wins power, leader vows

Rhun ap Iorwerth launches party’s manifesto and says he is unconcerned by Reform UK threat in Welsh elections

The Conversation

Why windfarms and electricity pylons have become a major issue in the Welsh election

Future plans for renewable energy are emerging as a key issue in the election for Wales’s parliament, the Senedd, on May 7.

The Conversation

Voters in Wales face Senedd election amid confusion over who holds power over what

Ahead of May’s Senedd (Welsh parliament) election, many people in Wales remain unclear about who is responsible for important political decisions.

The Independent UK

‘We have been profoundly let down’: Voters in one of Labour’s safest seats consider switching sides

The ties between south Wales and Labour run deep, and Aberavon has long been one of the party’s safest seats. But with the town of Port Talbot still reeling from the closure of the steelworks, Holly Evans meets locals who are, for the first time, considering a vote for a…

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The Guardian - UK

‘Amazing’: how to grow a meadow in the sea

Vibrant seagrass meadows once flourished around the UK but most have been destroyed. Now, communities and scientists are working to restore them

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Welsh language learning: cultural shifts can deliver a bright future for Cymraeg

Editorial: As Plaid Cymru leads in polls ahead of Senedd elections in May, grassroots enthusiasm for one of its historic causes is growing

The Guardian - UK

Starmer pledges to tackle new cost of living crisis at May elections campaign launch

Prime minister says 7 May vote is coming at time of ‘war on two fronts’ as Labour braces for heavy losses at polls

The Guardian - UK

Zack Polanski tells NEU teachers’ union that Greens would abolish ‘toxic’ Ofsted – as it happened

The Green party leader said Ofsted is a ‘failed institution’ and that teaching should move ‘toward a genuinely collaborative model’

The Independent UK

Zia Yusuf brands Reform candidate’s Nazi salute ‘abhorrent’ but stands by party’s vetting process

Reform UK home affairs spokesman insisted the party has taken action after a series of ‘abhorrent’ incidents

The Guardian - UK

Reform candidate in Wales steps down after apparent Nazi salute

Party announces Corey Edwards’ decision to quit Senedd election campaign on grounds of mental health

The Independent UK

Reform UK candidate stands down after appearing to do Nazi salute

Corey Edwards will no longer be Reform’s lead candidate for Pen-y-bont Bro Morgannwg constituency in the 7 May election for the Welsh parliament

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