The Latest Breaking News from Mark Drakeford

Scotland’s former first minister excluded finance secretary from meetings in 2020, inquiry also hears

The Senedd’s plan to shift the burden of this levy away from those on lower incomes shows how real levelling up can work, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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

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

This week, Mark Drakeford announced his resignation as Wales’ first minister after five years as leader. Back in 2018, Drakeford built his leadership bid on a platform of “21st-century socialism”. As the manifesto reveals, the mantra was rooted in the ideas of “the radical tradition of Welsh socialism”, which would…

Editorial: Wales’s first minister is stepping down after five years in which UK governments have spurned a constructive relationship

Despite a recent dip in popularity he was a steady hand, and leaves behind a solid legacy for country and party, says academic Richard Wyn Jones

Yesterday, I appeared before the Welsh Affairs Select Committee to criticise the performance of the Welsh Labour Government. Within minutes, the First Minister, Mark Drakeford, had resigned. I’ll take that as a win.

Wales’s departing first minister won admiration in the crisis but problems in health and education blighted his record