Plaid leader rules out Reform deal

THERE could be no “formal relationship” between Plaid Cymru and Reform UK following the next Welsh elections, the party leader has said.

- GEORGE THOMPSON Political editor

Rhun ap Iorwerth ruled out a deal with Nigel Farage’s party 12 months out from the next Welsh general election.

Plaid and Reform are currently predicted to be the two biggest parties in Wales next year, according to a YouGov poll published on Tuesday.

However, neither is expected to have enough votes for an outright majority.

Mr ap Iorwerth said there would be areas that every party could work together on, with Plaid previously having had a cooperation agreement with Labour that collapsed last year.

Speaking yesterday, Mr ap Iorwerth said: “Clearly there’s not going to be a formal relationship between Plaid and Reform, is there?

“I can’t see a formal relationship with the Conservatives, for example, after 14 years of destruction.”

“You have Labour and the Conservatives working in the Senedd now in informal ways,” he added.