Local elections 2012
ITV Wales News covers results and reaction live throughout the night and on Friday.
ITV Wales News covers results and reaction live throughout the night and on Friday.
A source in Powys tells me one of the leading Conservatives councillors Gareth Ratcliffe, has left the Tory group to become an unaligned Independent. I haven't yet been able to confirm this directly with Councillor Ratcliffe so I can't tell you if it means he's been offered a cabinet job or not.
With a deal to run Powys still to be reached, one councillor accuses Labour and the Lib Dems of letting voters down.
It's business as usual in the Assembly but each of the three opposition parties have been speaking about their local election defeats.
Andrew RT Davies tells AMs and support staff they must 'above all, develop and communicate a clear and concise Welsh Conservative message'