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Welsh Labour contender pledges action on NHS and economy
Jeremy Miles at the Joint Ministerial Council (European Negotiations) meeting, at St Andrew's House, Edinburgh, October 10, 2019

WELSH Labour leadership contender Jeremy Miles pledged immediate action on the economy and the NHS, and ministerial equality for women if he is elected.

Setting out a plan yesterday for his first week in office, Mr Miles, presently Education Minister in Cardiff, also committed to a review of the controversial 20mph speed limit on Wales’s roads.

Other promises for the first seven days included appointing a government team where at least half of all ministers are women and setting up a new national economic council to advise on developing “prosperity and solidarity.”

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