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Welsh election 2026: Who should I vote for? Compare party policies

Welsh election 2026: Who should I vote for? Compare party policies Polls open in Wales

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

2026 there is that caveat: not yet. Back in February, Plaid's finance spokesperson Heledd Fychan denied that the party was trying to avoid a debate about independence and said that journalists needed

Labour expected to lose Senedd after century of winning elections in Wales

policies on health, education, transport and local government, among others. If the defeat is confirmed, then the party in Wales is likely to undergo a period of soul-searching, lesson-learning and an attempt

Welsh party leaders gear up for live debate ahead of tightly contested Senedd election

Welsh government spending on the [Nation of Sanctuary](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yqwk0zv8zo), the policy which aims to help refugees and asylum seekers placed in Wales to integrate and access public services. They would like

Starmer calls antisemitism ‘crisis for all of us’ ahead of Downing Street summit – UK politics live

Policy Exchange event](https://policyexchange.org.uk/events/project-2029-a-plan-to-reshape-britain/) on how to reshape Britain. *Afternoon:* Ed Davey, the Lib Dem leader, visits a synagogue in central London. *5pm:* Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, and the party

First-time buyers, priced out of Wales' fastest-growing city, say they're 'losing faith'

2026 - Bristol - £353,000 - Cardiff - £268,000 - Newport - £228,000 Newport council has a plan that could see more than 10,500 homes built across the city, to satisfy an estimated demand of more than

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

policy at Cardiff University. Welsh Labour – and [Wales](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/wales) itself – is at a crossroads, she added. “I’m not sure people have computed yet how existential both those things simultaneously are going

Britain faces weeks of leadership limbo in slow-motion coup against Starmer

Welsh Senedd, galvanised opposition to Starmer among many MPs and cabinet ministers who believe he has no chance of beating Reform at the next general election. British newspapers have reported that at least three cabinet

The BBC Wales Senedd election debate fact-checked

election. The [90-minute programme](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn0w0712489t) saw the politicians make [claims on the NHS, immigration and independence among other issues](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0r2w79n9w1o). BBC Verify has examined some of the claims made. Defending

Wednesday briefing: How Trump’s attempt to reopen to strait of Hormuz brought war closer again

party leadership, [the charity has said](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/05/zack-polanski-falsely-claimed-to-be-british-red-cross-spokesperson-charity-says). 2. ***Fuel shortages***| Two million airline seats have been [cut from this month’s schedules](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/05/airline-seats-cut-jet-fuel-prices) as airlines redraw their operations because of soaring