Reform UK are 'a serious threat' to Wales, warns MP

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First Minister Eluned Morgan also gave a speech

NIGEL Farage is a "serious threat" to Wales, its health service, and the livelihoods of those working in its public services, Welsh Secretary Jo Stevens has said.

Reform UK "don't care about Wales", the Cardiff East MP said in her speech at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool yesterday, adding "they can't even spell Caerphilly right".

First Minister Eluned Morgan also warned Wales would "fall into chaos" if Plaid Cymru or Reform UK were successful at the Senedd election in May.

Ms Morgan said: "We've seen this play before in Wales.

"Nigel Farage's Ukip party elected seven members in 2016 and by the end of the term, six of them had left, drawn by infighting, broken promises and internal chaos.

"And just this week [on Friday], their former Welsh leader admitted taking Russian bribes.

"And right now they're attacking our support for Ukrainian refugees.

"This lot are... not putting Wales first. They're putting Putin first."

Ms Stevens said the choice at the Senedd elections would be between "Labour on the side of our people and communities, or those nationalist parties looking to divide and deprive".