Tag: Drakeford
Mark Drakeford: Wales’ first minister bids emotional goodbye
Wales' First Minister Mark Drakeford fought back tears as he made a farewell speech on his last day in office.While addressing colleagues in the Sened [...]
Mark Drakeford: First minister faces Senedd questions for final time
The first minister in Wales, and similarly in Scotland, (Northern Ireland is slightly different due to the power sharing arrangements) is the equivale [...]
The highs and lows of First Minister Mark Drakeford
Mark Drakeford proved popular with voters in the pandemic, but did the gloss come off?
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Drakeford blames drunks for missed A&E targets
The outgoing first minister says "many people" in hospital are there because they have drunk too much.
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Drakeford likens Johnson to absent football manager
The outgoing first minister criticised the former prime minister's leadership during the pandemic.
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Covid inquiry: Boris Johnson was absent manager in pandemic, Mark Drakeford says
Getty ImagesCopyright: Getty ImagesWales’ education minister during the pandemic offered to resign over her handling of cancelled exams in 2020.In wri [...]
Mark Drakeford 'unprepared for the ferocity of grief'
First minister says work was a distraction from the misery of suddenly losing his wife Clare.
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Drakeford: 'Personal attacks' put women off first minister job
First minister denies there is a problem with the "pipeline" of talent in Welsh Labour.
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Drakeford resigns: Jeremy Miles joins leadership race
Three more Senedd members have declared their support, enough for him to put his name forward
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Drakeford resignation: Who will be Wales' next first minister?
BBC Wales political editor Gareth Lewis looks at the names in the mix to succeed Mark Drakeford.
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Mark Drakeford: Watch high and lows of five years in power
Wales' First Minister Mark Drakeford has announced he is stepping down as Welsh Labour leader after five years in the job.He has been the most high pr [...]
Wales’ First Minister Mark Drakeford resigns
Speaking at a hastily arranged press conference in the Welsh Parliament, Mr Drakeford said: "When I stood for the leadership, I said that, if elected, [...]
WRU sexism row: Mark Drakeford launches probe into minister’s comments
Plaid Cymru's Rhun ap Iorwerth asked Mr Drakeford: "Given that the conflict in the accounts of Tonia Antoniazzi and the deputy minister are today what [...]
UK government is in its dying days – Mark Drakeford
First minister says Rishi Sunak's Conservative administration is running "out of time and steam".
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Mark Drakeford backs humanitarian pause for Gaza
Statement comes amid row in Labour over whether Sir Keir Starmer should call for a ceasefire.
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