Environment issues have never been so fiercely debated in a Welsh election campaign as they will be in 2026

The Senedd has been led by a Labour government since its creation in 1999, when it was known as the National Assembly. Labour ...

All the major changes for the 2026 Senedd election

There are four major changes: More members: From the election in May, 2026, the Senedd will have 96 members instead of 60 New ...

Plaid Cymru would take minority government over coalition, leader says

Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth says he would prefer to form a minority government than enter a coalition with another ...

She has watched democracy in Wales grow over three decades from the front row

Elin Jones has been in the Senedd for 27 years and hopes to be to be elected for a seventh time in May's election ...

All the former Tories who have defected to Reform UK

Just this week alone, Nigel Farage's insurgent Reform UK welcomed two high-profile former Conservative politicians.

Reform's Laila Cunningham: Women in burkas should be stopped and searched by police

Nigel Farage’s choice for City Hall tells The Standard podcast: ‘I don't think in an open society people should cover their ...

Farage: I’ll only take Reform defections until May

Kemi Badenoch has sacked Robert Jenrick for “plotting in secret to defect” from the Conservative Party. The Tory leader said ...

Transcript: Disloyalty and defection — the Tory-Reform psychodrama

This is an audio transcript of the Political Fix podcast episode: ‘Disloyalty and defection — the Tory-Reform psychodrama’ Kemi Badenoch voice clip I removed the conservativ ...