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After taking a battering in England, it appears Labour is heading for a crushing defeat in Wales.

The party has been the largest in Wales for more than a century and had won the most seats in the Welsh Parliament since its creation more than two decades ago.

But Labour is bracing itself for a brutal set of results in its former heartlands.

Sir Keir Starmer has already said he takes responsibility for a ‘tough’ set of local election results in England, where hundreds of Labour councillors have been voted out.

In Wales, a Labour source indicated the party’s vote had collapsed in Blaenau Gwent Caerffili Rhymni and said it would be a ‘struggle’ to hold on to one seat – out of a total of six – in the constituency, which includes some of its South Wales strongholds.

Baroness Eluned Morgan (pictured), the First Minister and leader of Welsh Labour, has previously said she is at risk of losing her seat in this election, where she stood in the Ceredigion Penfro constituency.