Jeremy Miles returns to Welsh First Minister’s top team just months after ousting Vaughan Gething from office
Eluned Morgan, Jeremy Miles
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First Minister Eluned Morgan has re-shuffled her top team for the first time since her election last month.
Jeremy Miles is making a return to the front benches as Health Secretary.
Miles was one of two ministers to resign from Vaughan Gething’s cabinet in the summer forcing an end to Gething’s short reign in office.
Julie James, the other minister to resign from Gething’s cabinet in the summer will now be Counsel General in Eluned Morgan’s cabinet.
Jeremy Miles is returning to the front benches as Health Secretary
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Meanwhile, former First Minister Mark Drakeford who has been acting as the Health Minister, has been appointed Finance and Welsh Language Secretary.
Vaughan Gething will remain on the back benches as the MS for Cardiff South and Penath. The former FM revealed last month he will stand down as the MS at the Senedd election in 2026.
Eluned Morgan and her team have a tough 18 months ahead of them, with the 2026 Senedd elections looming. Latest pollling suggests Labour in Wales would struggle to be the largest party.
However, the First Minister said the changes today offer stability, draw on experience, and bring our collective talents together.
The new portfolios reflect modern Wales and are designed to address the key challenges that face us all.
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Eluned Morgan has re-shuffled her top team for the first time since her election last month
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She added “I have spent the summer listening to the people of Wales, and my new Cabinet appointments will now focus relentlessly on the priorities I heard from them.”
Andrew RT Davies MS, Leader of the Welsh Conservatives said: “While there may be a new First Minister, it’s still the same old Labour.
"We know that this Labour Welsh Government will continue to fail in the key areas that matter to Wales while they focus time and energy on pointless pet projects.”
He added, the Welsh Conservatives are the true alternative to Labour’s politics of distractions, and only with a Welsh Conservative Government will things finally change for the better.”
Jeremy Miles was one of two ministers to resign from Vaughan Gething’s cabinet in the summer forcing an end to Gething’s short reign in office
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The full Ministerial team is as follows:
- Huw Irranca-Davies MS - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
- Jeremy Miles MS - Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
- Mark Drakeford MS - Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
- Rebecca Evans MS - Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning
- Jayne Bryant MS - Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
- Lynne Neagle MS - Cabinet Secretary for Education
- Ken Skates MS - Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
- Jane Hutt MS - Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
- Jack Sargeant MS - Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership
- Vikki Howells MS - Minister for Further and Higher Education
- Sarah Murphy MS - Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing
- Dawn Bowden MS - Minister for Children and Social Care
- Julie James MS - Counsel General Designate and Minister for Delivery