{"id":642640,"date":"2026-06-17T01:18:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T01:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/642640\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T01:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T01:18:13","slug":"rhun-ap-iorwerth-set-for-first-ministers-questions-at-senedd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/642640\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhun ap Iorwerth set for First Minister&#8217;s Questions at Senedd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Uncontrolled immigration has led to house shortages, Reform leader sayspublished at 13:50 BST 16 June<\/p>\n<p>13:50 BST 16 June<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dan Thomas\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/701120c0-9fe0-4818-90df-6a63e0436dc5.jpg.webp\"  width=\"1548\" height=\"870\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, Senedd Cymru<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Reform&#8217;s Welsh leader Dan Thomas claims it is &#8220;fact that a lack of house building and uncontrolled immigration has led to a housing shortage across the UK&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Plaid has promised to build 20,000 new homes, he says, and adds radical reform of the planning system is needed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">How will ap Iorwerth speed up planning to deliver his promise, Thomas asks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ap Iorwerth says the housing shortages in Wales are &#8220;very very real&#8221; but rejects that they are caused by immigration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Yes we have set a high level ambition,&#8221; he says, saying they need to work with house builders and social housing providers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Blaming one part of society for the issue doesn&#8217;t help us,&#8221; says the first minister.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Nobody is blaming immigrants,&#8221; Thomas responds, to heckles from Plaid Cymru benches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Uncontrolled immigration has led to house shortages, Reform leader sayspublished at 13:50 BST 16 June 13:50 BST 16&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":642641,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-642640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}