New Welsh Labour leader Vaughan Gething has been elected as the First Minister of Wales. He succeeds Mark Drakeford, who resigned in an emotional speech on Tuesday after holding the position since 2018. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
The Labour leader has said Natalie Elphicke has made clear the Conservative Party are "out of road" and "incompetent", following her defection to Labour. Sir Keir Starmer added, "I don't think she's alone", and believes there are "many Conservative supporters and voters" who feel Labour is the "only party that can take our country forward". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Sir Keir Starmer says Labour would scrap the government's Rwanda scheme, labelling it a "waste of taxpayers' money". The Labour leader adds a new Border Security Command would help take down people-smuggling gangs in the first place. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
An ex-prisoner has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order for killing an elderly mobility scooter rider. Lee Byer, 45, was psychotic when he stabbed 87-year-old Thomas OāHalloran in Greenford, west London, in August 2022. Mr OāHalloran, originally from County Clare, was well-known in the Greenford community. Byer, who had had a string of convictions, was released from Wormwood Scrubs five days before the killing. Mental health reports found Byer was psychotic, hearing voices, and suffering from paranoid schizophrenia. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Rishi Sunak has said that "after a difficult couple of years", the UK has made the case that it is now the "best place" to start and invest in a business. Speaking at a PM Connect event at Siemens Healthineers factory, the prime minister added that the latest ONS figures showing a 0.6% growth in the economy gives him "enormous confidence and optimism that we are on the right track". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Rishi Sunak has said he is "encouraged" that the economy has "real momentum", after the latest ONS figures show the UK economy is has grown by 0.6% between January and March. The prime minister added "we are heading in the right direction and people will start to feel that change". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Mark Drakeford has vowed to be āradicalā and āambitiousā in government as his party remains in power in Wales. Labour has equalled its best ever Senedd election result by winning 30 seats -..
Credit: PA - Press Association STUDIO Duration: 01:43Published
Political leaders across Great Britain have been casting their votes on what has been dubbed Super Thursday.It is the largest test of political opinion outside of a general election with the future of..
Credit: PA - Press Association STUDIO Duration: 01:45Published
![Vaughan Gething elected First Minister of Wales [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20240320/1369830578-Vaughan-Gething-elected-First-Minister-of-Wales.jpg)
![Starmer: Elphicke's defection shows govt is incompetent [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20240510/1375185052-Starmer-Elphicke-defection-shows-govt-is-incompetent.jpg)
![Starmer: Rwanda scheme a waste of taxpayers' money [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20240510/1375183402-Starmer-Rwanda-scheme-waste-of-taxpayers-money.jpg)
![Man sentenced for killing elderly mobility scooter rider [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20240510/1375183954-Man-sentenced-for-killing-elderly-mobility-scooter-rider.jpg)
![PM: ONS growth data shows we're on right track [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20240510/1375182774-PM-ONS-growth-data-shows-we-re-on.jpg)
![Sunak: Latest ONS figures show UK economy has real momentum [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20240510/1375173406-Sunak-Latest-ONS-figures-show-UK-economy-has.jpg)
![Drakeford vows to be āradicalā as Labour equals best ever Senedd election result [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20210508/2105081555-Drakeford-vows-to-be-radical-as-Labour-equals.jpg)
![Leaders vote on 'Super Thursday' [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20210506/2105061513-Leaders-vote-on-Super-Thursday.jpg)
