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| Wales' Labour first minister Eluned Morgan says she will 'call out' Starmer | Wales' Labour first minister Eluned Morgan says she will 'call out' Starmer |
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| Eluned Morgan says Welsh Labour would pursue a "red Welsh way" | Eluned Morgan says Welsh Labour would pursue a "red Welsh way" |
| Wales' First Minister Eluned Morgan has said she will "call out" Labour in Westminster when it "gets it wrong for Wales". | Wales' First Minister Eluned Morgan has said she will "call out" Labour in Westminster when it "gets it wrong for Wales". |
| In a major speech the Welsh Labour leader said she will "not stay silent" if the UK government takes decisions "we think will harm Welsh communities". | In a major speech the Welsh Labour leader said she will "not stay silent" if the UK government takes decisions "we think will harm Welsh communities". |
| She called for UK ministers to rethink cuts to winter fuel; suggested plans to cut disability benefit were unlikely to get people into work, and demanded Wales benefit more from wind power via the Crown Estate. | She called for UK ministers to rethink cuts to winter fuel; suggested plans to cut disability benefit were unlikely to get people into work, and demanded Wales benefit more from wind power via the Crown Estate. |
| It comes after the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, introduced changes to personal independence payments (PIP) and cuts to health-related universal credit during the Spring Statement. | It comes after the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, introduced changes to personal independence payments (PIP) and cuts to health-related universal credit during the Spring Statement. |
| Morgan told Labour members: "It's nation and the people of Wales before party, for me". | |
| The Welsh Conservatives said it was a "last ditch, desperate attempt to save the Labour party's bacon". | |
| Plaid Cymru said it was a "desperate attempt by a floundering first minister to reset her premiership". | |
| Reform, which is hoping to win its first seats in the Senedd next year, said Labour was "more focused on slogans than solutions". | |
| Speaking in Cardiff Bay, Morgan said she will not "hesitate to challenge from within, even when that means shaking things up". | |
| But using the analogy of the BBC TV series Gavin and Stacey, she said: "There will be times when what's right for Essex is not right for Barry. | |
| "Like Nessa and Smithy, there will be a bond, but there will also be issues." | |
| "Where we disagree, we will say it, where we see unfairness, we will stand up for it." | |
| She insisted that what she was describing was not a "split" but was instead "grown up modern government" and patriotic. | |
| Morgan used her speech to set out what she expects of the UK government. | |
| She said the cuts in winter fuel was something that "comes up time and time again, and I hope the UK government will rethink this policy". | |
| Morgan called for the Wales to benefit more from the Crown Estate, which is being used to build offshore wind projects off the coast of Wales. | |
| "We saw them take out coal, we saw them take our water. We will not let them take our wind, not this time, not on my watch." |