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Politics Home Article | Muslim Voter Group To Endorse Plaid Cymru And Greens In Welsh Election

Politics Home Article | Muslim Voter Group To Endorse Plaid Cymru And Greens In Welsh Election

Published by Sam Flores

(Alamy) 3 min read1 hr Exclusive: A pressure group focused on who Muslims should vote for will endorse Plaid Cymru and the Green Party ahead of next month’s Senedd elections. The Muslim Vote, set up in late 2023, endorsed the four independent candidates who were elected at the 2024 general election on campaigns centred on the war in Gaza. They were Shockat Adam, Adnan Hussain, Ayoub Khan and Iqbal Mohammed. The organisation has now turned its attention to the 7 May elections, which are taking place in Wales, Scotland and in council areas across England. It is a highly anticipated set of elections, with both Labour and the Conservatives on course to suffer major losses, and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK and Zack Polanski’s Greens expected to make significant gains. The Muslim Vote recently told PoliticsHome that its broad strategy was to persuade Muslims to vote against Labour. Now the organisation has revealed to PoliticsHome that it has decided to endorse Labour’s two left-wing challengers in Wales, Plaid Cymru and the Greens. Muslim Vote’s Welsh spokesperson, Sumayya Ahmed, said …

Richard Rees retires from BBC after 50 years – end date set for BBC Radio Cymru show

Richard Rees retires from BBC after 50 years – end date set for BBC Radio Cymru show

Published by Daniella Wilson

Radio presenter Richard Rees has announced he is retiring after 50 years at the BBC. He announced the news during his BBC Radio Cymru programme this morning (4 April), a show he has presented for over 20 years. Over the course of his career, Rees has worked on a number of radio shows across the BBC, from Sosban and Ar Hyd y Nos on BBC Radio Cymru to Rockpile and Get Set on BBC Radio Wales. Rees’ final programme will broadcast on 11 April. His radio career first began in 1974, working as a freelance presenter and producer for the Swansea Sound station. He also worked a researcher on news and current affairs for HTV, before moving to the BBC in 1976. Upon sharing the news, Rees recalled his first day working at the BBC in 1976, telling his listeners: “I remember arriving by car at 7.30 in the morning, parking and sitting outside the BBC Centre in Llandaf, staring at the huge building with its big glass foyer and thinking, ‘What on earth am …

Plaid Cymru plans to share wind farm profits with local people – here’s how that idea has been tried elsewhere

Plaid Cymru plans to share wind farm profits with local people – here’s how that idea has been tried elsewhere

Published by skeptic

When wind turbines rise above a Welsh hillside, who should benefit financially? Plaid Cymru’s Rhun ap Iorwerth believes it should be local communities. In a recent speech, the leader of the party that is currently heading the polls for the upcoming Welsh election said he would require renewable energy projects over 10 megawatts to offer communities 15%-to-25% ownership stakes, or other benefits. Ap Iorwerth also said if his party won the upcoming election, they would create a national energy body to develop renewables at scale, with the aim of keeping more profits in Wales and advancing a “just green transition”. The proposal responds to a familiar grievance: that Welsh natural resources generate wealth which leaves the region, while local communities live with the infrastructure and gain little in return. Yet the details of how this would work remain unclear. Who buys the shares? Who can afford them? And how do financial returns translate into wider community benefit? There are lessons for Plaid from how similar initiative work elsewhere. Several countries already use financial participation schemes …