Overview

• A More in Common poll for Sky News shows Reform UK leading Welsh Senedd voting intention with 28%, ahead of Plaid Cymru at 26% and Labour at 23%.
• Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan has labelled Reform UK’s rise a “very serious threat” to Labour’s 26-year dominance; she is mobilizing efforts to reclaim disaffected voters.
• Former Conservative cabinet minister David Jones announced his defection to Reform UK after more than five decades with the Conservatives, becoming its most senior ex-Conservative recruit to date.
• Pollster Lord Robert Hayward reports that Reform UK’s momentum has plateaued, citing recent council by-election defeats, slight poll declines, a dip in membership.
• On the left, Zarah Sultana says she will co-lead an anti-war left party with Jeremy Corbyn, though details of the alliance remain unconfirmed.