Labour loses power in Wales for first time since 1999 devolution

Britain’s Labour Party has lost power in Wales for the first time since its devolved assembly was created in 1999, as the nationalist Plaid Cymru won the most seats in local elections, the BBC reports.

With 90 of 96 seats declared, the center-left Welsh party Plaid Cymru had won 39 seats, while anti-immigration Reform UK came second with 32 and Labour trailed behind with just nine seats, a humiliating result for the party in its traditional heartlands.

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