00:00Welsh Labour held an annual conference on the weekend, with Prime Minister Sakeir Starmer
00:06making an appearance as Welsh Labour's most recent polling figures show worrying
00:10signs for a party so used to governing in Wales.
00:14It shows Labour in third behind both Plaid Cymru and Reform UK, as they say they want
00:18to turn prospective voters back to Welsh Labour, but a number of cross-border issues might
00:22get in the way.
00:23It's the official policy of Welsh Labour to devolve Crown of State powers to Wales,
00:28but UK Labour have recently voted that proposal down, saying the landscape of the Crown Estate
00:33across England and Wales is stronger together.
00:36It's not gone down well inside Labour, who have revisited the calls at the conference
00:40in Llandidno, as they seek to wrangle the powers from Westminster and, as they argue, give Wales
00:46the additional funding it needs and deserves.
00:50Crown Estate powers, which include hundreds of miles of seabed around the country, as
00:53well as properties and land, is already devolved in Scotland, which has added hundreds of millions
00:58to Scottish coffers, but that has not been the case in Wales.
01:03It will continue to be an issue for Welsh Labour as they aim to claw back support in the next
01:0712 months before an upcoming Senate election.
01:10At the conference, Sir Keir Starmer also said on proposed welfare reforms that the system
01:15needed to be fixed in the Labour way, with opposition parties as well as a number of Labour
01:20revels saying the reforms would bring thousands of disabled people into poverty.
01:25As First Minister and Welsh Labour leader Aline Edmorgan said at the conference, Welsh Labour
01:30have been taking Wales for granted, so the party will be hoping that they can use this
01:34as a springboard and quell the very real threat of Plaid Cymru and Reform UK posed to their
01:39historic dominance.
01:41I'm Chris Watkins reporting for Local TV.
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