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Podcast: Hiraeth - Welsh Politics
Episode: UK Election Special: Cllr Catherine Fookes (UK Labour, Monmouthshire)
Description: The UK general election is now in its final stages and while the union-wide result hardly seems in doubt, each constituency and candidate has a story to tell.
Here at the Hiraeth Pod we are recording a series of short interviews with new candidates who are contesting constituencies across Wales. These are new faces on the national scene and will no doubt feature in the 2026 Senedd campaign even if unsuccessful this time around.
We plan to speak to each of the main parties in Wales, which we consider to be the ones standing in every constituency at the start of...