Trade unionists welcome Welsh First Minister's radical package of legislative measures
First Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford is interviewed by the media following a press conference at the British-Irish Council summit meeting at the L'Horizon Hotel in St Brelade's Bay, Jersey, June 16, 2023
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TRADE unions hailed the radical package of legislative measures for the third Senedd year unveiled by the First Minister of Wales today.
The measures set out by Mark Drakeford included reforms to council tax and buses, a new electoral system, Senedd reform, gender quotas for elections and the ending of private profit from the care of looked-after children.
The First Minister said: “This forthcoming year will have an unrelenting focus on reform to make positive changes in the lives of the people of Wales.
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