CONSERVATIVE leader Kemi Badenoch has refused to say whether her party could support Plaid Cymru or Reform UK to form the next Welsh Government.

Polls suggest Labour could lose its grip on power in Wales at the Senedd election in May 2026, with the possibility for the first time since the former Welsh Assembly was established in 1999 it wouldn’t be the leading party in government.

Labour’s poor polling, and the expansion of the Senedd to 96 members using a new voting system, could dramatically alter the make up of the Welsh Parliament and which party ultimately ends up leading the government.

The new proportional system, that will elect six Members of Senedd from 16 super constituencies reflecting the share of the vote each party receives, is intended to encourage parties to work together with it unlikely any one would win more than 50 per cent of the vote nationally needed to form........

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