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Sir Keir Starmer could cost Labour the Senedd for the first time in history, Wales's First Minister has admitted. Welsh Labour leader Baroness Morgan of Ely said the Prime Minister "comes up as an issue on the doorstep".

Polling suggests Labour is set to be ousted from power in Thursday's elections for the Welsh Parliament for the first time in its 27-year history. Asked if this could happen due to protest votes against Sir Keir, Baroness Morgan told The Telegraph: "I'm certainly hoping that they won't do that.

"But there is a danger that that could happen, and I don't want to see that happening.

"I do hope people will reflect on what this election is really about - and it isn't a time, I think, to pick a fight with Starmer. There's a General Election, that's the time to do that."

The Senedd contest is widely seen as a two-horse race between Reform UK and Plaid Cymru.

It comes as the embattled PM has vowed to go into polling day "fighting for every vote" but acknowledged Labour could be in for a "challenge".

Voters in Wales and Scotland will choose new members of the Senedd and Holyrood, while more than 5,000 English council seats are up for grabs.

At a Labour campaign rally in south London yesterday, Sir Keir was asked how he could convince voters to support his party.

He replied: "As you can see, we've got a fantastic Labour team working every single day in London and across the country, campaigning with fantastic councillors and candidates and with a very positive message.

"Of course, it's going to be a challenge, but it is really important we go in fighting for every vote, which has to be earned, in relation to this."

Speaking in Merthyr Tydfil last night, Reform leader Nigel Farage warned that Wales had become a "basket case" after being led by Labour for more than two decades.

He added: "The party that has been able, frankly, to take Wales for granted for over 100 years on Thursday will deservedly get smashed to smithereens by the electorate."

Meanwhile, Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth told his supporters the Welsh election was "going down to the wire".