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The demands of Welsh devolution are simple: just give us what Scotland has | Will Hayward

Andy Burnham is a Westminster leader whom Welsh nationalists could finally work with – but only if he stands up to the devo-sceptics in UK Labour As I sat in the first Plaid Cymru conference since the party…
One Place News   •   October 4, 2026   •   Updated October 4, 2026
The demands of Welsh devolution are simple: just give us what Scotland has | Will Hayward

Andy Burnham is a Westminster leader whom Welsh nationalists could finally work with – but only if he stands up to the devo-sceptics in UK Labour

As I sat in the first Plaid Cymru conference since the party won the Welsh election and started leading the Welsh government, I heard things I had never heard before. I have been to a lot of Plaid conferences and not once have I heard people being really positive about a UK Labour leader. But there was no mistaking it: the Welsh nationalist party feels that Andy Burnham is a man it can work with.

When I interviewed Welsh first minister Rhun ap Iorwerth, he indicated he was hopeful – in a way he never was under Keir Starmer – that there was a prime minister who had a genuine desire to give Wales meaningful concessions when it comes to additional powers.

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