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| Carwyn Jones to announce new Welsh Government cabinet | Carwyn Jones to announce new Welsh Government cabinet |
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| First Minister Carwyn Jones is working on appointing a new cabinet after AMs formally approved a cross-party deal to allow him to continue in office. | First Minister Carwyn Jones is working on appointing a new cabinet after AMs formally approved a cross-party deal to allow him to continue in office. |
| Appointments are expected on Thursday, with new faces set for promotion. | Appointments are expected on Thursday, with new faces set for promotion. |
| There is also speculation Mr Jones will restructure the cabinet, with the possibility of fewer posts. | There is also speculation Mr Jones will restructure the cabinet, with the possibility of fewer posts. |
| The Labour leader was re-elected as first minister unopposed on Wednesday, following an agreement with Plaid Cymru. | The Labour leader was re-elected as first minister unopposed on Wednesday, following an agreement with Plaid Cymru. |
| The deal came a week after the first vote was deadlocked at 29-29, with every opposition party bar Liberal Democrat AM Kirsty Williams backing Plaid's Leanne Wood instead. | The deal came a week after the first vote was deadlocked at 29-29, with every opposition party bar Liberal Democrat AM Kirsty Williams backing Plaid's Leanne Wood instead. |
| Plaid and Labour have now agreed to allow Mr Jones - first minister since 2009 - to form a government, with a series of policy concessions to Plaid and an agreement to consult on the Welsh budget, legislation and further devolution. | Plaid and Labour have now agreed to allow Mr Jones - first minister since 2009 - to form a government, with a series of policy concessions to Plaid and an agreement to consult on the Welsh budget, legislation and further devolution. |
| The deal came after an assembly election result which saw Labour fall short of a majority. | The deal came after an assembly election result which saw Labour fall short of a majority. |
| Positions vacant? | Positions vacant? |
| Three AMs who held ministerial portfolios in the last assembly term have now left the Senedd. | Three AMs who held ministerial portfolios in the last assembly term have now left the Senedd. |
| Edwina Hart and Huw Lewis, economy and education ministers respectively, stood down while public services minister Leighton Andrews lost his seat in Rhondda to Ms Wood. | |
| Last week, it emerged an offer of a cabinet position had been made to Ms Williams. | Last week, it emerged an offer of a cabinet position had been made to Ms Williams. |
| On Wednesday, Mr Jones told AMs: "In order to drive policy and delivery from the heart of government, we will establish a new Cabinet Office. | On Wednesday, Mr Jones told AMs: "In order to drive policy and delivery from the heart of government, we will establish a new Cabinet Office. |
| "The first priority of the new office will be to establish delivery plans for the top six pledges from the Welsh Labour manifesto." | "The first priority of the new office will be to establish delivery plans for the top six pledges from the Welsh Labour manifesto." |