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Plaid Cymru leader plans minority Welsh government built on cooperation

plans minority Welsh government built on cooperation The leader of [Plaid Cymru](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/plaid-cymru), Rhun ap Iorwerth

Reform challenges other parties to cost their policies in heated Welsh election debate

Rhun ap Iorwerth said his party had published "many of the costings". Green Anthony Slaughter said his party had revealed some costings while Liberal Democrat Jane Dodds said she would not as her plans were

The BBC Wales Senedd election debate fact-checked

Rhun ap Iorwerth said "we know that being in the UK leaves us with a third of our children living in poverty". This is correct. According to the latest Welsh government figures, 31% of children

Political parties make final pitches ahead of key elections

plan to lower bills and speak out against "genocide". Reform UK leader Nigel Farage repeated his party's campaign slogan: "Vote Reform Get Starmer out". "If you want real change in national government

Welsh NHS likely to miss waiting lists target ahead of crucial election

Rhun ap Iorwerth claimed earlier this year that [voters did not expect to see a difference to waiting lists in the first 100 days of a Plaid government.](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93wxxld9lzo) He has since said

Plaid Cymru tipped to be biggest party in Senedd, ending 100 years of Labour control

Welsh independence referendum a future possibility, and means all three of the UK’s Celtic nations would be controlled by separatist parties, raising the prospect of significant constitutional disputes with Downing Street. Rhun ap Iorwerth

If Plaid win in Wales, that won't mean independence - at least not yet

Rhun ap Iorwerth about independence, presenter Nick Servini followed up with a question about whether the party's plans for Welsh independence had been "paused". Ap Iorwerth replied: "Do I sound

Plaid Cymru leader says he hopes to be made first minister as early as Tuesday

Welsh parliament but Rhun ap Iorwerth said on Sunday he hoped that other parties would work with him and told UK [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) not to punish Wales over the result. Asked

Swinney keen to work with fellow nationalist devolved leaders in UK

plans to work with the nationalist first ministers in Wales and [Northern Ireland](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/northernireland) in a coordinated opposition to Labour’s policies on the cost of living and UK government spending. The Scottish

What does Plaid Cymru's Rhun ap Iorwerth do next after election victory?

Rhun ap Iorwerth vowed on Saturday that he will go it alone, forming a Welsh government of only Plaid Cymru ministers. That is tricky when his group of 43 is six seats short