Customize Consent Preferences

We use cookies to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions. You will find detailed information about all cookies under each consent category below.

The cookies that are categorized as "Necessary" are stored on your browser as they are essential for enabling the basic functionalities of the site. ... 

Always Active

Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.

No cookies to display.

Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.

No cookies to display.

Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

No cookies to display.

Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.

No cookies to display.

Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.

No cookies to display.

First minister deadlock: AMs to meet over Labour-Plaid deal

A deal to end the stalemate over who becomes first minister will be put in front of AMs from Labour and Plaid Cymru on Tuesday.

The two parties will hold separate group meetings over the proposal, which could reinstall Carwyn Jones to the head of Welsh Government.

Both sides said they made “good progress” over two days of talks.

The assembly is likely to reconvene on Wednesday for nominations for the top job.

But details on what has been agreed are yet to be made public.

The talks between senior figures from Labour and Plaid Cymru were held after the Senedd tied 29-29 on whether Labour leader Carwyn Jones or Plaid leader Leanne Wood should be first minister last week.

Recalled

UKIP and the Welsh Conservatives had backed Ms Wood, while Liberal Democrat AM Kirsty Williams supported Mr Jones.

However, Tory leader Andrew RT Davies said last week that without an opposition deal he would not be minded to vote for Ms Wood again.

The tied vote came after Labour fell short of a majority at the 5 May election. The party needs opposition support to govern.

A joint statement from Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru on Monday said the negotiations had ended.

“The leadership of both parties will now present the proposed way forward to members of their respective assembly groups,” it read.

“It is anticipated that plenary can then be recalled on Wednesday for the nomination of first minister.”

Leave a Reply

Dewch yn aelod heddiw i fod yn rhan o beth rydym yn ei wneud

Members