Plaid Cymru AM Mohammad Asghar crosses the floor to join the Conservatives in the Welsh assembly's first defection.

BBC Wales has commissioned an opinion poll from ICM, which contains this: Who do you think forms the current Welsh Assembly Government? Labour and Plaid Cymru 48% Labour 21% Plaid Cymru 6% Labour and the Liberal Democrats 5% Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats 3% Liberal Democrats 2% Conservatives 2% Other 2% Don’t know 11%

A Welsh Noted translation of a Politics Cymru post reveals that Plaid Cymru Assembly Members are becoming more committed to the introduction of top-up fees for Welsh students despite their manifesto promises to the contrary. All is not sweetness and light within their group however: In a press conference yesterday Elin Jones confirmed that she and her fellow Plaid ministers at the Assembly are pla...

I've never met Mohammad Asghar. Until today he was a Plaid Cymru Assembly Member, representing South East Wales. Today he caused a bit of turbulence in Welsh politics by defecting to the Conservative Group in the National Assembly for Wales. I thought it was considerate to the sensitivities of Plaid Cymru that Mohammad and the Conservatives announced the defection on a day when the news could...

PLAID Cymru leader Ieuan Wyn Jones yesterday said there was “no better time” than the recession to campaign for a more powerful Welsh Assembly.

A few days ago we saw that rare thing in Welsh politics: the results of an opinion poll on Welsh voting intentions, taken in September by Beaufort for Plaid Cymru. Asked how they would vote in both a general and assembly elections, the results for those certain or very likely to vote were thus: Plaid Cymru described the poll results as showing "...that it is Plaid as opposed to the Conservatives w...

Plaid Cymru delegates are gathering for their annual conference in Llandudno as the party tries to pick itself up from a disappointing assembly election.

In this time of uncertainty you can rest assure Plaid Cymru is on your side and fighting on every level for you. Plaid Cymru believes in Wales and our communities.

Plaid Cymru have left their options open to do a deal with the Conservatives in the hung parliament.

Plaid Cymru AM Nerys Evans has called for clarification on the stance of the leader of the conservatives in the Welsh Assembly regarding elected members who choose to give up their pay rises. The Plaid AM for Mid and West Wales was reacting to news that members of the Conservative Shadow Cabinet in Westminster will give up their pay rises this year. ... full story