The Latest Breaking News from Vaughan Gething

‘People should feel they belong’: Jeremy Miles reveals inclusive vision for Wales

Welsh Labour leadership contender says his sexuality made him feel on the outside and Thatcher’s attack on the miners led to his political awakening

The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2024

Jeremy Miles enters race to succeed Mark Drakeford as Welsh first minister

The education minister joins Vaughan Gething, the economy minister, in contest

The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2023

Vaughan Gething: Labour’s resilient optimist – and Wales’s next first minister?

The Welsh minister for the economy is making the early running in the leadership contest, looking well placed to work closely with both Starmer and unions

The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2023

Welsh Government hits back at minister’s claim over semiconductor sector

Paul Scully, who leads the government’s digital economy strategy, said he did not want to ‘recreate Taiwan in south Wales’.

The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2023

Huge £27m written off by 'embarrassing' Welsh Government flagship investment fund

The Wales Life Sciences Investment Fund pumped £50m into fledgling businesses, some of which failed to deliver on their promise

Wales Online · Jul 12, 2023

Vaughan Gething says it's 'unfair' to expect him to have read pandemic preparation paperwork when he was health minister

He has been widely criticised for his recent performance at the UK Covid Inquiry

Wales Online · Jul 12, 2023

Mark Drakeford just tried to defend Vaughan Gething and what he said doesn't stack up

The First Minister was quizzed in the Senedd about the former health minister's admission at the Covid Inquiry that he hadn't read a key paper into how prepared the UK was for a pandemic

Wales Online · Jul 11, 2023

'The Welsh Government has a duty not to shy away from scrutiny' | Rhun ap Iorwerth

The leader of Plaid Cymru writes for WalesOnline to argue that the evidence of Vaughan Gething and Mark Drakeford at the UK Covid Inquiry shows clearly why Wales needs its own Covid inquiry

Wales Online · Jul 7, 2023

Vaughan Gething admits he never read major report into how ready UK was for pandemic before Covid

"If I had read that, I think that I almost certainly would have asked more questions and asked for more assurance about what was happening."

Wales Online · Jul 4, 2023

Wales ‘not as prepared as it could have been’ for pandemic, says Mark Drakeford

The First Minister gave evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry on Tuesday afternoon.

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2023