The Latest Breaking News from Mark Drakeford

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

Wales Online · Jan 4, 2023

Outrage as Qatar pays for Wales first minister’s ‘lavish’ five-star hotel stay

The first minister, economy minister and their officials were put up in the Ritz-Carlton Doha during a trip to the World Cup

The Independent UK · Jan 4, 2023

Welsh first minister criticised for ‘lavish’ World Cup hotel stay paid by Qatar

Mark Drakeford and economy minister Vaughan Gething were guests of host nation at five-star Ritz-Carlton

The Guardian - UK · Jan 4, 2023

Jacob Rees-Mogg accuses Welsh Government 'of treating taxpayers contemptuously' with its home-working policy

The Tory MP has criticised first minister Mark Drakeford's working-from-home stance

Wales Online · Jan 2, 2023

Welsh Labour is readying for snap general election, says Mark Drakeford

First minister claims Tories in Westminster are ‘staggering’ and could be months away from collapse

The Guardian - UK · Jan 1, 2023

Columnist says Mark Drakeford is 'bringing Wales to its knees' and celebrates departure

A writer at the Telegraph newspaper has said that the Welsh First Minister has shown that 'devolution is a disaster'

Wales Online · Dec 29, 2022

Mark Drakeford explains his plans for income tax in Wales after admitting he has seriously considered increasing it

The First Minister asked Westminster for tax raising powers, but said he won't be using them soon

Wales Online · Dec 27, 2022

'Our geography is no longer against us' Mark Drakeford explains why he is hopeful for the future of Wales

'Some of those things are happening for the first time here in Wales and our geography, which has been against us in many ways, is suddenly on our side'

Wales Online · Dec 27, 2022

Mark Drakeford confirms plans to step down as Welsh First Minister in next two years

MARK Drakeford has confirmed he will step down as the First Minister of Wales within the next two years.

The National (Scotland) · Dec 26, 2022

Wales takes first steps onto global stage despite World Cup disappointment

Wales may have crashed out of a deeply problematic World Cup, but this is just the start of a nation's efforts to strut its stuff on the global stage

Wales Online · Dec 24, 2022