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Welsh first minister hopeful accepted £200k from waste offender’s firm

Vaughan Gething facing criticism after his campaign accepted donation from environmental offender’s company

The Guardian - UK

‘You can’t deny the historic nature’: Wales’ Vaughan Gething aims to become first black leader of a European country

Economy minister says he is best candidate for top job and Senedd ‘needs to do more to look like our country’

The Guardian - UK

‘People should feel they belong’: Jeremy Miles reveals inclusive vision for Wales

Welsh Labour leadership contender says his sexuality made him feel on the outside and Thatcher’s attack on the miners led to his political awakening

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Wales has been brave enough to completely rethink the hated council tax. Take note, England

The Senedd’s plan to shift the burden of this levy away from those on lower incomes shows how real levelling up can work, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

S4C chair tells UK government he will not stand for second term

Rhodri Williams had told MPs he wanted to keep job last week amid fallout from bullying scandal at broadcaster

The Guardian - UK

Striking junior doctors in Wales accuse Labour of driving medics out of NHS

Hundreds of doctors protest on steps of Welsh parliament over government’s refusal to increase pay offer

The Guardian - UK

Welsh politicians ‘astonished’ at culture secretary’s absence during S4C bullying scandal

‘Wholly unacceptable’ Lucy Frazer did not meet leaders of Welsh broadcaster despite repeated requests

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Mark Drakeford: ‘I hope people will see we did challenging and radical things’

Outgoing Welsh first minister reflects on his achievements before stepping down in spring

The Guardian - UK

Vaughan Gething: Labour’s resilient optimist – and Wales’s next first minister?

The Welsh minister for the economy is making the early running in the leadership contest, looking well placed to work closely with both Starmer and unions

The Guardian - UK

Mark Drakeford: what the resignation of Wales' first minister means for the country and the Labour party

This week, Mark Drakeford announced his resignation as Wales’ first minister after five years as leader. Back in 2018, Drakeford built his leadership bid on a platform of “21st-century socialism”. As the manifesto reveals, the mantra was rooted in the ideas of “the radical tradition of Welsh socialism”, which would…

The Conversation

Mark Drakeford: a steady operator thrust into the spotlight by Covid

Wales’s departing first minister won admiration in the crisis but problems in health and education blighted his record

The Guardian - UK

Drakeford triggers contest to replace him as Welsh First Minister

The 69-year-old has been Wales' leader since December 2018

Evening Standard

Who is Mark Drakeford? Career background as First Minister of Wales announces resignation

Mark Drakeford has said he is standing down as First Minister of Wales. In a statement shared on social media on Wednesday morning, Mr Drakeford said: "When I stood for election as Leader of Welsh Labour, I said I would stand down during the current Senedd term.

Evening Standard

Mark Drakeford to stand down as Labour first minister of Wales

Keir Starmer praises ‘true titan’ of Welsh politics – as race begins to find successor by Easter

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Mark Drakeford stands down as First Minister of Wales, triggering contest to replace him

The 69-year-old has been Wales' leader since December 2018

The National (Scotland)

Mark Drakeford resigns as First Minister of Wales

THE First Minister of Wales has resigned ...

The Guardian - UK

Mark Drakeford to step down as Wales first minister

Among favourites to take reins of Labour administration are ministers Vaughan Gething and Jeremy Miles

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer faces growing Labour rebellion over stance on Gaza

Four shadow ministers prepared to quit in coming days and up to 10 others on ‘resignation watch’

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The Independent UK

Welsh politicians back call for immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip

The Plaid Cymru motion was supported in the Senedd after ministers in the Labour-led Welsh Government abstained and offered a free vote.

The Guardian - UK

Welsh Labour’s Vaughan Gething: ‘It’s not about being black, it’s about being good at what you do’

First black minister in devolved administration and only black Senedd member wants party ‘that reflects Britain as it is today’

The National (Scotland)

Nigel Farage fumes as GB News removed from Welsh Parliament TVs

GB News presenter Nigel Farage has been left fuming after it was revealed the channel has been removed from the internal TV system in the Welsh…

The Independent UK

Farage blasts ‘totalitarian’ decision to ban GB News from Senedd TVs

The channel was removed from the Senedd’s internal television network.

The Independent UK

Unserious to suggest Wales is sole blueprint for a Labour government: Drakeford

The Welsh Labour first minister said his Government’s 20mph speed limit would not lose the party votes at the next election.

The Independent UK

20mph speed limits defended by Welsh First Minister

Mark Drakeford told the Senedd the Welsh Government’s priority was road safety and saving lives.

The National (Scotland)

Welsh march for independence hears 'this is not as good as it gets'

THE UK establishment will never promote Wales as a priority no matter who is in government, the leader of Plaid Cymru told an independence march.

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