"I am absolutely pro-devolution," he told me. He points to the "groundbreaking" things that the Welsh government has been able to do, like free school meals, free prescriptions and opt-in organ donation. "If we didn't have devolution, we wouldn't have been able to forge out own path," Rhys added.

Welsh Secretary Jo Stevens has previously defended the UK government's record in Wales [EPA] Jo Stevens is the most "anti-devolution" Labour Welsh secretary in half a century, according to a former Welsh government minister. Labour Member of the Senedd (MS ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lord Elis-Thomas: he was a self-proclaimed Marxist - Ben Rice/Alamy Lord Elis-Thomas, who has died aged 78, was a mercurial Welsh nationalist who served 20 years as Plaid Cymru MP for ...

Andy Burnham has set out his vision for the UK, in his first big policy speech since launching a bid to replace Keir Starmer as prime minister. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s north of England editor,

Andy Burnham pledged to radically devolve fiscal powers away from Westminster if he succeeds in his bid to replace Keir Starmer as prime minister.