Keir Starmer accuses Nigel Farage of ‘taking people for fools’ in Wales

Starmer makes claim in speech to Welsh Labour conference as polls suggest Reform could be biggest party in Senedd after next year's elections

Keir Starmer has used his keynote speech at the Welsh Labour conference to launch an attack on Nigel Farage, as the prime minister turned from fighting off a rebellion of his own MPs, to fighting off the threat of Reform.

Starmer said Farage was taking people for fools" in Wales, and criticised the Reform leader's recent visit to Port Talbot, during which he demanded the reopening of Welsh coalmines to provide fuel for the town's now shuttered steelmaking blast furnaces.