Politics / Starmer Welcomes EU Defence Spending Boost
Keir Starmer welcomed an EU plan to increase defence spending following a March 2025 summit in Brussels.
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Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch faces scrutiny after her first 100 days in the role.
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Rachel Reeves sets out proposals intended to lift UK growth in a January 2025 speech.
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Farmers’ concerns over inheritance-tax changes challenge the chancellor’s budget plans.
Politics / What Trump’s Second Term Means for the World
An analysis considers how Donald Trump’s second term could affect conflicts and diplomacy abroad.
Politics / Interview with Lee Waters
Lee Waters discusses transport policy, political choices and his work in Wales.
Politics / Keir Starmer: Middle East “on the Brink”
Keir Starmer responds to escalating conflict between Israel, Iran and Lebanon in October 2024.
Sport / Politics Editor Laila on the Cardiff Half
Politics editor Laila recounts preparing for and running her first Cardiff Half Marathon.
Politics / RAF Fighter Jets Shot Down Iran Drones, Says PM
Rishi Sunak said British fighter jets intercepted drones fired towards Israel during Iran’s April 2024 attack.
Politics / Can we rely on mainstream Western media?
An opinion questions how major Western outlets frame the war in Gaza and whose voices they foreground.
Politics / Compensation for Post Office victims is ‘cruel’ and ‘offensive’
Alan Bates criticises a compensation offer as the Post Office Horizon scandal continues to affect former subpostmasters.
Politics / Starmer’s refusal to back ceasefire divides Labour Party
Keir Starmer faces dissent within Labour over his stance on a ceasefire in Gaza.
Politics / Sunak says UK will stand with Israel “in solidarity”
Rishi Sunak pledges UK solidarity with Israel as the United Nations warns about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Politics / What could a Trump presidency mean for Starmer?
Keir Starmer considers how a future Labour government might work with Donald Trump.
Politics / Sunak announces scrapping of HS2 line
Rishi Sunak cancels the Birmingham-to-Manchester leg of HS2 and sets out alternative transport spending.
Politics / Rishi Sunak believes no more powers should be devolved to Wales- Welsh Conservative conference
Rishi Sunak argues against devolving more powers to Wales at a Conservative conference.
Politics / Plans to scrap EU laws pose risks of ‘sidestepping’ devolved parliaments
Critics warn that plans to repeal retained EU law could sideline devolved legislatures.
