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Wales and Cornwall will work together on a variety of areas over the next five years, include language and culture, sustainable housing and more.

The Labour-led Welsh Government and Conservative-led Cornwall Council have both signed a collaboration agreement, which will see the two Celtic nations work together on these issues.

They will also work together on areas such as achieving net zero, as well as rural economies.

The Celtic Heritage Cornwall-Wales Collaboration Agreement was signed by First Minister Mark Drakeford and Cornwall Council leader Linda Taylor in Cardiff on Monday July 17.

The agreement has been in the works since last year.

While a part of England, Cornwall has a distinct Celtic identity, like Wales, and even has its own language – Cornish – which shares some similarities with Welsh.

Mr Drakeford said: “We share many historical, cultural and linguistic ties with Cornwall, and our economies, landscape and our people have many shared characteristics.

“These commonalities enable us to learn from each other in areas which affect our populations, especially in the areas of focus in today’s agreement.

“I look forward to working more closely together, building on our strong relationship, sharing best practice and exploring other areas we can work together on in the future.”

Cllr Taylor said: “Affordable and sustainable housing, the need to achieve net zero and ways of growing thriving rural economies are key areas for both Cornwall and Wales, and to be able to share our knowledge with each other is good news for us all.”

She continued: “It is also great for us from a cultural perspective too. I know we can learn from the way the Welsh language has been successfully grown in recent years, and I am looking forward to sharing the ways in which we both celebrate our rich and ancient culture.

“This is good news for Cornwall and for Wales, and I am delighted we have taken this step forward.”