UK politics
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4 days agoEd Davey backs Welsh Lib Dem leader Jane Dodds after rift
Sir Ed Davey supports Jane Dodds for re-election, acknowledging her contributions despite past tensions over her leadership.
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.