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The official account for BBC Wales' political team, based in Cardiff Bay and Westminster. Cyfrif swyddogol tim gwleidyddol BBC Cymru, o'r Senedd a San Steffan.

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BBC Wales Politics
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'Shocking scenes that I never thought I’d see in a mature European democracy' @AdamPrice on observing the referendum in #Catalonia
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Welsh independence would remove Tories forever, Plaid Cymru's Adam Price says
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Welsh government says it is discussing with Cardiff Airport 'the feasibility of flying Ukrainian refugees directly into Wales'
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Welsh Assembly members vote 35 to 15 against giving the Brexit bill consent - joining Holyrood and Stormont
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Steffan Lewis – one of Wales’ youngest politicians – has died aged 34, leaving a young family
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Some second home owners in Wales could pay four times their current level of council tax from next year, as part of efforts to make it easier for local people to afford properties
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. @Fox_Claire warns against an “eco austerity” in the wake of declaring a climate emergency #waleslive
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Keir Starmer said Labour's Brexit policy - to negotiate a deal and then offer it up at a referendum with Remain as the other option - is 'very clear'
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The stay-at-home rules in Wales have not changed, First Minister Mark Drakeford says after PM's speech
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Boris Johnson is asked to apologise, after his government wrongly announced Wales would receive an additional £227m
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BBC Wales Politics
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The terms Asian Welsh and Black Welsh will be included in the 2021 census
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'You're not the weak person' @Nigelrefowens urges young people to blow the whistle on homophobic abuse in sport at @CommonsCMS inquiry
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It's completely unforgivable of the Spanish government to allow this - @yLlywydd @ElinCeredigion
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Is resistance to Welsh independence beginning to crumble?
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Adam Price says Plaid Cymru will deliver a Welsh independence referendum within the next Senedd term if it is in government after 6 May
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Supermarkets to be instructed that they can only sell 'essential goods' during the 17-day Covid firebreak lockdown in Wales
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Adam Price says an independent Wales would have borrowed the money required to run its own furlough scheme
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'An astonishing act of political cowardice' Drakeford attacks Sunak over Partygate vote absence
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A commission - set up by Welsh government with Plaid Cymru - said it will now examine three 'viable' options for Wales' future, including independence
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BBC Wales political editor Felicity Evans says both BBC Wales and ITV Wales have been refused the opportunity to quiz PM Boris Johnson on camera
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On Boris Johnson’s first visit to Wales as PM @BBCWalesNews and @ITVWales are refused the opportunity to ask him a single question on camera.
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BREAKING: Ross England, a Conservative Welsh Assembly candidate, has been suspended from the party after accusations he 'sabotaged' a rape trial
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3 years
Cardiff West declared for LAB #Senedd2021 from #BBCElections . Full results:
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4 years
Maximum fines for lockdown offences to increase to £1,920 in Wales, Welsh Government confirms
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Plaid leader Adam Price said independence would put Wales ‘on a better path’
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'The truth is that while the EU has invested in Wales' communities, it's Westminster that has let us down time and time again,' says @Plaid_Cymru leader @Adamprice
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BBC Wales Politics
2 years
A message to Wales from Downing Street which misspelled Ynys Môn, the name of Welsh rugby international Alun Wyn Jones and Brains beer is called 'embarrassing' by Plaid Cymru
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Asylum seekers being housed in a military training camp say they are shocked by the conditions
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Wales should be allowed to hold a referendum if pro-independence politicians win a mandate, the Welsh Government says
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Rishi Sunak says he won't devolve more powers to Wales
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'Our message to the Welsh people must be simple: Yes Wales Can' @AdamPrice closes his conference speech calling for @Plaid_Cymru to offer 'hope for those without hope' More:
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It's emerged Welsh councils have up to £200m tied up in Russian funds and companies as part of their pension schemes
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Minister who led introduction of Wales' new 20mph speed limit to face no confidence vote next week
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Wales should hold a referendum on independence if demands on tax and funding are not met after Brexit, says @AdamPrice
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Wales' health minister @VaughanGething said there had not been a four-nations agreement on the Stay Alert slogan
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'It is a concrete recognition of the importance of our political and economic ties with Wales' Ireland to reopen consulate in Cardiff by June 2019
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'You cannot stand up to horrible racism - or pretend to do so - and invite the man in through the front door' @RhonddaBryant objects to @realDonaldTrump 's far-right retweets
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BBC Wales Politics
8 years
Welsh Government adviser Chris Nott on Brexit:
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Freedom of Information request shows Qatar government paid for Mark Drakeford's stay in a five-star hotel during the World Cup
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Plaid Cymru says it would increase the maximum council tax premium on second homes from 100% to 200% in election pledge
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Vale of Glamorgan declared for LAB #Senedd2021 from #BBCElections . Full results:
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The leader of the Welsh Tories in the Senedd has been accused of 'appalling misogyny' for a joke about the presiding officer
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BBC Wales Politics
8 years
Cometh the hour? Amid Labour turmoil post #Brexit , @PaulFlynnMP finds himself acting as a front bench spokesman
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#TidalLagoon reaction... 'You will never understand the frustration and anger felt in my city' @carolynharris24 says Welsh secretary @AlunCairns should have done more to save the Swansea Bay energy project More:
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BREAKING: The Assembly is to legislate to rename itself Welsh Parliament in English, Senedd Cymru in Welsh, before the end of this term
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No more powers should be devolved to Wales, the leader of the Welsh Conservatives in the Senedd has said
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3 years
Lord Elystan-Morgan, who campaigned for a Welsh parliament decades before it came to fruition, has died
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6 years
'I am European - a Welsh European - and no government, no state and no Brexiteer should be allowed to take that away from me or anyone else' @Plaid_Cymru calls for UK nationals to be allowed to keep their EU citizenship after Brexit
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BBC Wales Politics
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'It is time for a fresh voice to represent Welsh Brexiteers' @HicksPolitics is meeting voters in Newport later today after @UKIP launched its European election campaign
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BBC Wales Politics
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'Welsh holds the same legal status as English in Wales and should be treated no less favourably', says Welsh Government
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7 years
The late Rhodri Morgan was known for his unique turn of phrase such as this...
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6 years
Breaking: Minimum pricing for alcohol law passed in the Welsh assembly, 45 votes for to five against
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Welsh Labour leadership candidate Vaughan Gething lobbied regulators on behalf of a firm that had been prosecuted for waste crimes, and whose owner later donated to him
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By sharing a platform with Tommy Robinson @NeilUKIP brings shame on the Senedd, says @LeanneWood
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34 out of Wales' 40 MPs will join plans to stop a no-deal Brexit on Tuesday
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I am mortified that a politician in Wales could make a personal attack on a child on social media in this manner, says @childcomwales
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The Labour Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru have tabled a motion for vote in the assembly later today saying "work should begin immediately on preparing" for a further referendum on the EU
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Boris Johnson says Wales' route out of lockdown has been made possible by the UK effort on Covid
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Welsh government outlines plans to make Wales 'most LGBTQ+ friendly nation' in Europe
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Coronavirus 'has laid bare the damage that 22 years of Labour government has done to Wales', Boris Johnson tells Tory activists
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Assembly passes symbolic vote rejecting the Brexit withdrawal agreement, 34 to 16 against - passing a Plaid Cymru amendment tabled during today's debate
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Ban on GB News on Welsh Parliament TVs helps protect people working there, says presiding officer
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'I think independence has risen up the public agenda and people are thinking about independence. I told him that' - @MarkDrakeford to the PM
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'This way of Brexiting will leave us poorer, weaker and at far, far greater danger' Not in my name, says @RhonddaBryant
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'This government will campaign in Wales for a remain outcome'
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Rhondda declared for LAB #Senedd2021 from #BBCElections . Full results:
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Rishi Sunak calls for an independent investigation into controversial campaign donations to Vaughan Gething
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Adam Price calls for Senedd to decide whether there is investiture ceremony for the new Prince of Wales, following 'national conversation'
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AMs have passed a motion in the assembly calling for preparation to start on a further referendum on the European Union - 37 for, and 14 against. The move was supported by Labour and Plaid Cymru
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No confidence vote in minister who led introduction of Wales' new 20mph speed limit fails to pass
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Plaid Cymru call for Wales v Scotland to be postponed amid coronavirus outbreak
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Plaid Cymru will not to put a candidate up for the Brecon and Radnorshire by-election and will urge supporters to vote Lib Dem
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Senedd approves bill that will extend franchise in council elections to 16 and 17-year-olds
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7 years
'The scenes here should outrage us' @Plaid_Cymru AM @AdamPrice was observing the referendum in #Catalonia
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'The land of milk and honey promised by the Brexiteers now looks more like it will be sustained by Spam and potato peel pie', said @AdamPrice
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Women take most of the top jobs as new @fmwales Mark Drakeford names his ministerial team Full story:
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MPs want UK ministers to be clearer when announcing England-only coronavirus policies
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It would not be honest for me to apologise for using swear word against blogger, says former Plaid Cymru leader @LeanneWood
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BBC Wales Politics
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South Wales valley lines has probably been the UK's most under-invested community rail network, says transport expert
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BBC Wales Politics
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'This election must be the moment where we end a disgraceful culture of alternative facts and Trumpian politics' @ToniaAntoniazzi 's acceptance speech is greeted with a mixture of heckling and applause LIVE: #BBCElection #GE2019
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'This is not the deal we were promised... but it provides a platform to which we can return to argue for improvements in the future' First Minister Mark Drakeford gives his assessment of the Brexit trade deal agreed between the UK and EU More:
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