The Latest Breaking News from Mark Drakeford

At 73, can Charles really adapt and steer The Firm in the direction it now needs to go? Here we examine the biggest challenges facing the new monarch as he takes the throne

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Labour leader Mark Drakeford accused Plaid leader Adam Price of calling for spending plans he could not fund

'A huge amount of work is going on inside the health service to try and recover ground and to be able to deal with people whose operations are outstanding'

‘The risk the United Kingdom will not continue is greater today than at any time in my political lifetime. I certainly don’t think it’s inevitable’

The First Minister said the UK was at greater risk of breaking up than at any other point in his lifetime

“He (Charles) is concerned as to how people will manage through what is going to be a difficult winter"

The new monarch met with the Welsh first minister Mark Drakeford at Cardiff Castle to discuss the nation's future, as well as William's new role as the Prince of Wales

World leaders begin gathering in London from Saturday for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, as princes William and Harry are set to lead a vigil of her grandchildren at her coffin. The queen's death on September 8 aged 96, after a record-breaking 70 years on the throne, has sparked…