Baroness Eluned Morgan, the First Minister of Wales, has warned that Sir Keir Starmer’s Government needs to “change course” after she resigned as leader of Welsh Labour after failing to be re-elected to the Senedd.
The parting broadside at Sir Keir’s Government came amid a disastrous set of election results for Labour across Wales and in councils in England, though Lady Morgan insisted she took responsibility for the party’s Senedd results.
Lady Morgan losing her seat marks the first time a sitting Welsh leader has lost an election in the Welsh Parliament, and is one of many results across Britain that will add to growing pressure on the Government in Westminster.
Labour has led Wales since the Senedd was first established as the National Assembly for Wales in 1999, and has been the largest party in the country for more than a century.
The Prime Minister paid tribute to Lady Morgan as a “formidable First Minister and tireless champion for Wales”.
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