🚨 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿New Senedd polling by Sky News / More in Common Ref narrowly leads on 28% with Plaid just behind on 26%. Labour in third, but on 23% - higher compared to other polls which had them on 18%. 🔷Reform: 28% 🌼 Plaid Cymru: 26% 🌹 Labour: 23% 🌳 Conservatives: 10% 🟠 Lib Dems: 7% 🟩 Green:4% ⬜️Other: 2%

Rural crime in Wales at its highest in more than a decade. Wales is the only UK nation to see a rise in rural crime. Another challenge for a struggling industry.

Farage to pledge to reopen blast furnaces in Port Talbot Coal mining in Wales could be part of Reform’s ambition to “reopen Port Talbot steel” First major speech of Farage ahead of Senedd elections next year where Reform hope to be in Govt news.sky.com/story/farage...

Kids 'sleep with vapes under pillows' - but will sales ban on disposables have any effect?

Almost 60 years after Aberfan, the Welsh Gov has told Sky News it would "be difficult" to give "a cast iron guarantee" that lives won't be lost because of a coal tip disaster. @alifortescuenews.bsky.social’s report from the south Wales valleys youtu.be/mmF6l3JM_Ug

Five years on, few Britons think Brexit has been good for anything % saying Brexit has had a positive impact on... Control the UK has over its laws: 31% UK's ability to respond to COVID-19: 23% UK's level of international trade: 11% NHS: 6% Full list in chart 👇 yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

"There's nothing Welsh about Reform...they're very much an English focussed party" the First Minister tells Sky News. As @alifortescuenews.bsky.social explores the rise of smaller parties in Wales ahead of next year's Senedd elections. news.sky.com/story/could-...

"There's nothing Welsh about Reform...they're very much an English focussed party" the First Minister tells Sky News. As @alifortescuenews.bsky.social explores the rise of smaller parties in Wales ahead of next year's Senedd elections. news.sky.com/story/could-...

Which news story have Britons heard the most about, when asked on Mon/Tues? Los Angeles wildfires: 62% Grooming gangs inquiry: 5% The state of the UK economy: 3% Elon Musk's role in UK politics: 3% Criticisms of the Labour Party: 2% Labour economic / tax policies: 2% yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

Reform within touching distance of Labour as poll suggests 'new era' for British politics

The Welsh Refugee Council will pursue a complaint with the Senedd's Standards Commissioner over a 'factually incorrect and misleading' video of school girls shared online by Conservative MS Andrew RT Davies. ✍️ @emilypricejourno.bsky.social

A new poll for Sky News by YouGov puts Nigel Farage's party just one percentage point behind the Government.

NEW: Eluned Morgan ‘expecting rail uplift’ from Westminster as she slams ‘unfair’ HS2 funding. UK Gov source said it would "signal a direction of travel" on transport in Wales in the coming days, + the issue will be a "priority" in the spring spending review. news.sky.com/story/welsh-...

NEW: Eluned Morgan ‘expecting rail uplift’ from Westminster as she slams ‘unfair’ HS2 funding. UK Gov source said it would "signal a direction of travel" on transport in Wales in the coming days, + the issue will be a "priority" in the spring spending review. news.sky.com/story/welsh-...

This is a must read by @duncanrobinson.bsky.social which rings an alarm bell long overdue. Both main parties being at 26% is not normal. Every interaction I have with voters (left, right, centre) confirms their anger with the status quo. Yet as he says “Strangely, few in Westminster seem concerned”

Keir Starmer is considering closing a loophole that would allow Elon Musk to bankroll Nigel Farage and Reform, one of his ministers has signalled. Under the proposal, donors would no longer be able to funnel donations to British political parties via UK companies bylinetimes.com/2024/12/06/k...

If chocolate is so bad for us, why do I feel so good when I open my chocolate advent calendar every morning?

Former prime minister now supports a bill to legalise assisted dying, and says that it will help bring about a ‘meaningful reduction in human suffering’ ⬇️

Home is the most dangerous place for women, says global femicide report

🚨 LAUNCHING TODAY 🚨 Nearly two years ago, @tortoisemedia.bsky.social unveiled the Westminster Accounts, a free tool designed to give people greater understanding of the money that flows through parliament. Now, with Peer Review, we take on another arcane part of our system - the House of Lords

Eluned Morgan publicly called on Plaid Cymru to help her pass a Welsh government budget in FMQs today www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A “talented” vet killed himself after affluent clients would not pay to save their pets but instead were having them put down, an inquest has heard

Sorry, have I woken up in 1999?

Everything you need to know about the day ahead in British politics in under 20 minutes With me and Jack Blanchard of Politico In your podcast feeds from 740am, Mon-Thur Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p... Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/29bJtl0...

Sir Keir Starmer has backed plans for Britain to pay countries such as Vietnam and Iraq to help them prevent thousands of illegal migrants from setting off each year for the UK

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey has hinted that Jane Dodds should resign after Nation Cymru revealed how she made a ‘grave error of judgement’ in her handling of a sex abuse case while working for the Church of England

I asked Wales’ school inspectorate Estyn for emails regarding phonics and/or cueing following the publication of our report in September. I’ve received a response which says while they do hold relevant information, they need more time to decide whether releasing it is in the “public interest” 👇

EXC: Thousands could be left without protection from slavery and other human rights abuses as a result of a loophole in the government’s Employment Rights Bill Yvette Cooper has been warned migrant fishermen are facing breaches of their human rights www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

INVESTIGATION; We’ve been digging into Project Phoenix - the internal Post Office inquiry into the way it’s own investigators conducted interviews and interrogations of hundreds of innocent subpostmasters which helped get them prosecuted. Watch the full report on ITVX www.itv.com/watch/news/r...

Latest podcast is out where we talk about what Reform mean for Wales. Includes my interview with Nigel Farage.

I’ve made a starter pack of lobby (ish) journos - those reporting on UK politics Give me a nudge if you think you should be on it and I missed you! go.bsky.app/H3jDVJb

Starter pack of Welsh politicians go.bsky.app/JJzbZsm

Is it time to disestablish the Church of England? By 50% to 21%, Britons say it is Should separate: 50% (+13 from 1957, Gallup) Connection should continue: 21% (-16) (Survey conducted before calls for Justin Welby to resign) yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

Always on the look out for interesting voices on #PoliticsHub and would be genuinely interested to hear who you guys would be keen to hear more from (political, economic, business, social etc) so if you have any guest suggestions then let me know 👇

NEW #GE24 Irish Times Opinion Poll Support for Independents jumps but Fine Gael remains most popular party. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...