WELSH nationalists today celebrate one year to go to the Senedd election as they surged into a poll lead for the first time.

Plaid Cymru’s leader Rhun ap Iorwerth, in a major speech marking one year to the Senedd election in 2026, will today claim his party is the only credible pro-Wales government on offer.

The Welsh nationalist leader was given a boost by the latest ITV Wales/Cardiff University poll carried out by YouGov, where Plaid is ahead in the polls for the first time on 30 per cent.