Drakeford attacks Westminster Labour over lack of powers for Wales

Former Welsh first minister Mark Drakeford says the UK Labour government offered "so little" to Wales in terms of new powers since it came to power in 2024. Drakeford attacked Welsh Labour MPs in Westminster, arguing the lack of a devolution agenda from them was a significant factor in the party's Senedd election defeat this month. Drakeford said Labour's "unique selling point" of supporting Wales having more control over its own affairs within the United Kingdom, rather than going it alone, had been weakened by his own party. But a Welsh Labour source described Drakeford as the "architect-in-chief" of Labour's crushing defeat and demanded a period of "silence" from him. It comes after Drakeford, the last Welsh Labour leader to win a Senedd election, called for Sir Keir Starmer to set a timetable for his resignation. Labour lost control of the Welsh government to pro-independence Plaid Cymru at the 7 May election, and was pushed into third place for the first time. It had won every Cardiff Bay election since 1999 and held half of the Senedd's seats until its defeat, when it was relegated to just nine Members of the Senedd (MSs) - less than 10% of the total. Speaking to BBC Radio Wa