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Plaid Cymru is set to gather its 43-strong team of Welsh parliamentarians together, as the party sizes up the prospects of forming the next Government of Wales while Labour licks its wounds from a historic defeat.

John Swinney declared the SNP has “emphatically” won the election, and a fifth term in power in Scotland, as Labour recorded its worst ever Holyrood result and tied for second place with Reform UK.

Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to listen to voters but refused to shift “left or right” despite pressure to change course and backbench calls for a new leader following Labour’s electoral mauling.

Mid Dunbartonshire ranks as the highest constituency in the UK for life satisfaction, according to a survey on feelings of “belonging”.