Welsh leader Vaughan Gething says he will resign over campaign donation scandal
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Welsh leader Vaughan Gething says he will resign over campaign donation scandal

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Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} The leader of Wales’ government, First Minister Vaughan Gething, said Tuesday he will resign after several members of his government quit over a campaign donation scandal. Gething said that “I have this morning taken the difficult decision to begin the process of stepping down as leader of the Welsh Labour Party and, as a result, First Minister.” The announcement came after four members of Gething’s semiautonomous government quit, demanding he resign. His leadership has crumbled since the Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru ended a cooperation arrangement with Gething's minority Labour government in April.

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Welsh leader Vaughan Gething resigns after allies desert him over campaign donation scandal
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Welsh leader Vaughan Gething resigns after allies desert him over campaign donation scandal

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LONDON — The leader of Wales’ government, First Minister Vaughan Gething, said Tuesday he will resign after several members of his government quit over a campaign donation scandal. Gething said that “I have this morning taken the difficult decision to begin the process of stepping down as leader of the Welsh Labour Party and, as a result, First Minister.” The …

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Vaughan Gething announces resignation as Wales's first minister

China Daily  

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and First Minister of Wales Vaughan Gething walk through the Senedd as part of a two-day tour of the four nations of the United Kingdom in Cardiff, Britain on July 8. LONDON -- Vaughan Gething announced on Tuesday that he is quitting as Wales' first minister. "I have this morning taken the difficult decision to …

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The fly-tipping scandal that brought down Labour’s Welsh leader
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The fly-tipping scandal that brought down Labour’s Welsh leader

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They say a picture tells a thousand stories. On Wednesday, Labour’s new incumbent Vaughan Gething, 50, lost a no-confidence motion just 78 days into the job after his contested appointment in March. In February, during his leadership campaign, it emerged Gething had received two £100,000 donations from a large environmental company convicted of polluting. Dauson Environmental Group, whose director is …

The first Black leader of Wales loses a no-confidence vote but says he won’t resign
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The first Black leader of Wales loses a no-confidence vote but says he won’t resign

Associated Press  

LONDON — The first minister of Wales, Vaughan Gething, lost a no-confidence vote in the Welsh parliament on Wednesday, less than three months after he made history as the first Black leader of a government in the U.K. Gething’s Labour Party holds 30 of the 60 Senedd seats, and two Labour lawmakers were out sick on Wednesday, ensuring the no-confidence …

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Vaughan Gething, the First Minister of Wales, has lost a no confidence vote in a blow to Labour. Mr Gething, a close ally of Sir Keir Starmer, was in tears before the result was read out in the Welsh Senedd on Wednesday afternoon. It’s what I’ll carry on doing.” He told journalists that it was a “very disappointing afternoon”, calling …

Politics latest news: Plaid Cymru withdraws from Welsh Labour partnership
7 months, 1 week ago

Politics latest news: Plaid Cymru withdraws from Welsh Labour partnership

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The Labour-run government in Wales was thrown into crisis on Friday after Plaid Cymru pulled out of a cooperation agreement with the party. The Welsh nationalists said they had decided to go following the campaign finance scandal of Vaughan Gething, the recently elected First Minister. They said they were also angry about a string of policy reversals, as well as …

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9 months, 1 week ago

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LONDON — Vaughan Gething won the Welsh Labour Party leadership contest on Saturday, and is set to become the first Black leader of Wales’ semi-autonomous government. Gething, the son of a Welsh father and a Zambian mother, will be the first Black leader of a government in the U.K. — and, according to him, of any European country. Gething, who …

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Plaid members were ‘active bystanders’ of bullying and harassment, MS admits

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