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Carwyn Jones to announce new Welsh Government cabinet | Carwyn Jones to announce new Welsh Government cabinet |
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Welsh Labour leader Carwyn Jones will be sworn in as first minister on Thursday afternoon and begin work assembling a new cabinet. | |
New faces are set for promotion and there is also speculation Mr Jones will restructure the cabinet, with the possibility of fewer posts. | |
He was re-elected 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. | |
Every opposition party, bar Liberal Democrat AM Kirsty Williams, had backed 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. | 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." |