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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Steven Morris

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

Welsh first minister, Mark Drakeford at the Welsh government building in Cardiff.
Mark Drakeford suggested one of the most radical things his regime had done was to make it more difficult for local people to sell to would-be second-home-owners. Photograph: Dimitris Legakis/Athena Pictures

The outgoing Welsh first minister, Mark Drakeford, says he hopes his time in power will be remembered for “radical” measures such as clamping down on second home ownership in Welsh language heartlands and introducing the much-reviled 20mph speed limit.

Drakeford, who announced last week he would be stepping down, criticised the UK Conservative government for not taking the devolved nations more seriously and said a Labour administration in Westminster was desperately needed to fix “broken Britain”.

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