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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

Wales is the first country in the UK to drop the default speed limit from 30mph to 20mph

Duolingo is ‘pausing’ its Welsh course despite high demand – we need robust forms of learning that aren’t driven by profit, says writer and documentary-maker Gwenno Robinson

Outgoing Welsh first minister reflects on his achievements before stepping down in spring

The Welsh Labour leader criticised the unelected Upper House of Parliament as a 'democratic anachronism'

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