# Welsh first minister: ‘Don’t make Wales an afterthought’

https://mins.news/en/video/116973

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-10-27 07:23 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3stDO6Tzw5g

> Wales’s first minister, Rhun ap Iorwerth, says the nation’s relationship with the UK is failing because the union is not one of equals. He has formally asked the British prime minister for a new agreement transferring more powers to Wales, including control of policing, justice, rail and natural resources.

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