Labour's disastrous election results may yet cost Keir Starmer his job, but they've already led to a change of leader in Wales.
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Labour’s disastrous election results may yet cost Keir Starmer his job, but they’ve already led to a change of leader in Wales.
Plaid Cymru’s Rhun Ap Iorwerth was elected First Minister today – declaring to the Senedd that “new confidence and hope” had stirred.
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