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1 week agoBadenoch doesn't rule out Tory-Reform deal in Wales
Kemi Badenoch did not rule out post-election local coalitions with Reform UK in Wales, leaving such decisions to the Welsh Conservative leader Darren Millar.
A wipeout for Labour in next May's local elections would spell the end of Keir Starmer's premiership, MPs have said, after the party suffered a crushing defeat in its traditional heartland in Wales. Though Plaid Cymru beat Reform UK to capture the Senedd seat in Caerphilly, the result highlighted a striking collapse of Labour's vote, prompting fears in Westminster that Labour could be reduced to third place in Wales, a loss that would leave the leader's position unrecoverable.