Wales' new First Minister must 'own up to mistakes' of the past

Industry issues cautious welcome to new Minister but warns SFS must be top of the agenda

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The new leader of the Welsh Labour Party and First Minister Vaughan Gething
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The new leader of the Welsh Labour Party and First Minister Vaughan Gething

The farming industy has warned Wales' new First Minister, Vaughan Gething must ‘reset the relationship' with rural Wales. At a time when the Labour Party in Westminster is talking a ‘new language of...

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