Plaid Cymru members are hoping their new leader will give nationalists a boost at the polls, as the party launches its local government elections campaign.
The Welsh nationalists are to elect their new leader today in a contest which its chief executive claims has "united the party".
Plaid Cymru Treasury spokesperson Jonathan Edwards comments on Autumn statement 2011:
Plaid Cymru will stand in staunch opposition to the spending cuts planned by the UK coalition government, its leader Ieuan Wyn Jones will say in a speech at the party's conference on Friday.
After a mediocre performance in the 2005 elections Plaid Cymru is hoping to make better progress this time around.
Today marks the last day of campaigning in Glasgow North East before voters go to the polls.
The Labour - Plaid Cymru coalition government has been formalised, with three Plaid Cymru AMs invited into the Welsh Cabinet.
Talks on the new Welsh government have been delayed while first minister Rhodri Morgan is treated in hospital.
The Labour party in Wales has endorsed plans to form a coalition government with Plaid Cymru in the Welsh assembly.
Rhodri Morgan has accepted the nomination as Welsh first minister, after the spectre of a rainbow coalition collapsed.
The Liberal Democrats have pulled out of coalition talks to form a Welsh government, reopening the possibility of a Labour-led government.
Labour will not be able to form a government in Wales after Plaid Cymru followed the Liberal Democrats' lead and pulled out of coalition talks.
The Welsh Liberal Democrats have abandoned coalition talks with Labour after being unable to reach a deal on the shape of the assembly government.
The new Welsh assembly members meet today for the first session of the new assembly.
Labour leader Rhodri Morgan will spend the bank holiday weekend considering a return to coalition government, after his party lost its majority in the Welsh assembly.
Plaid Cymru are attempting to capitalise on Tony Blair's faltering popularity as the Labour leader marks ten years in Number Ten.
With less than a week to go before the Welsh election, two opinion polls suggest Labour will lose its majority.
Welsh Labour today promised to put children and young people at the heart of government if elected for a third term in next week's assembly election.
The Welsh Conservatives have been denounced by their former leader, with one time AM and MP Rod Richards announcing he will not be voting Tory in next month's Welsh election.
Gordon Brown joins Labour's Welsh election campaign trail today, as the party attempts to win votes on the back of its economic record.
The financial crisis in the Welsh NHS is set to be worse than expected, the Welsh Conservatives warn.
Welsh leader Rhodri Morgan has said he "probably" would have voted against going to war in Iraq.
The Welsh Conservatives today launched a nationwide health campaign against Labour's planned NHS 'cuts'.
A disappointing result for Labour in next month's Welsh assembly election could see the return of a Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition.
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