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The Latest Breaking News from Mark Drakeford

Welsh Government announces ‘sudden’ death of First Minister’s wife

A spokesman said thoughts were with Mark Drakeford and his family after his wife Clare’s death.

The Independent UK

Wife of Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford dies suddenly

Clare Drakeford, the wife of Wales’s First Minister Mark Drakeford, has died suddenly, the Welsh Government has announced.

Evening Standard

Wales' First Minister Mark Drakeford's wife Clare dies suddenly

A spokesman said: "The thoughts of everyone in the Welsh Government are with the family at this time and we ask that their privacy is respected"

Daily Mirror

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Clare Drakeford, wife of first minister of Wales, dies suddenly

Prime minister Rishi Sunak has passed on his deepest condolences to the Welsh first minister Mark Drakeford

The Independent UK

'Mark Drakeford must acknowledge the scale of the crisis in the Welsh NHS' | Plaid MS Rhun ap Iorwerth

Rhun ap Iorwerth MS, Plaid Cymru’s spokesperson for health and care, says the Labour-led Welsh Government is failing to acknowledge the depth of the problems gripping Welsh health services

Wales Online

How the UK government's veto of Scotland's gender recognition bill brought tensions in the union to the surface

From calls for a second Scottish independence referendum and speculation about “indy-curiousity” in Wales, to the collapse of the power-sharing agreement in Northern Ireland, the state of the UK union has been the subject of much political discussion over the past decade.

The Conversation

'Wales can afford better pay for NHS staff' Plaid lays out its five-point plan for Welsh health services

"We do not accept that the Welsh Government have no scope," said Plaid health spokesperson Rhun ap Iorwerth

Wales Online

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Mark Drakeford demands WRU publicly acknowledge scale of issues raised in devastating programme

The First Minister of Wales was asked for his response to accusations about the WRU's culture

Wales Online

Scottish government to challenge Westminster decision to block gender recognition bill in court – as it happened

Nicola Sturgeon says her government will be ‘vigorously defending’ democracy as well as the bill passed in Scotland

The Guardian - UK

Gender recognition bill: Why and how has the UK Government blocked it?

Scottish MPs passed the bill in December to allow people to obtain a gender recognition certificate without a medical diagnosis

Evening Standard

Residents win fight to scrap plans for 5G mast outside their homes

Mark Drakeford was among those giving their opinion on the planned mast

Wales Online

Plaid accuses Labour of blaming patients for the state of the Welsh on patients after health minister says people need to do more exercise

"The reality is this, health services in Wales suffer from a combination of mismanagement by Labour and a Westminster funding system that perpetuates poverty"

Wales Online

Mark Drakeford wants similar GRR law to Scotland introduced in Wales

WELSH First Minister Mark Drakeford has said that Wales should have a self-identification system similar to the one in Scotland.

The National (Scotland)

'Exercise more to save the Welsh NHS,' says health minister

Eluned Morgan asked people to lead a healthier life to ease the crisis gripping the Welsh NHS

Wales Online

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Plaid Cymru accuses Mark Drakeford of lacking the will to give nurses a pay rise

Mark Drakeford accused Plaid leader of misrepresenting how government finances work

The Guardian - UK

Landmark decision on mega poultry farm could mean ‘life or death’ of River Wye

Welsh government considers whether to block plan after experts say manure from intensive units is turning Wye into ‘pea soup’

Wales Online

Wales aims to build world-leading lab to fight cancer

Economy minister Vaughan Gething says the UK is at risk of a 'future health and economic crisis'

Wales Online

Mark Drakeford reveals December 27 was the busiest day in Welsh NHS history but says he cannot offer staff a pay rise

'Every piece of money that we are now being able to find for negotiations with our trade union colleagues is money we don't have to spend on something else'

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Welsh Government deputy minister confirms talks with Museum of Cardiff staff over its future

There are fears that the museum could move from its historic home

Wales Online

Welsh health workers to be offered one-off payment in bid to end the strikes

'That's a basis for negotiation I hope and we invite our trade union colleagues to come in and be around the table with us next week' - First Minister Mark Drakeford

Wales Online

Neither Mark Drakeford or Adam Price will be leading their parties by the end of the year

I predict both men will have stepped down before 2023 is out

Wales Online

Mark Drakeford has no regrets over controversial five-star World Cup hotel stay paid for by Qatar

"While it wasn't the way we would have chosen to go to Qatar, it was unavoidable"

Wales Online

Keir Starmer's new year speech pledges to end the 'sticking plaster politics' in Westminster

The Labour leader said that his party would deliver a "decade of national renewal" if it wins in the next general election

Wales Online

The latest death notices across the Valleys and Bridgend as families remember loved ones

Our thoughts are with their loved ones at this time

Wales Online

What time is Rishi Sunak's major first speech of 2023 today?

His speech comes at a time of a cost of living crisis, multiple strike actions and huge pressures on the NHS

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