Eluned Morgan once hinted she didn’t want the job.

“It’s not a job you can do for very long, with the pressure that you’re under,” she told ITV Wales in December 2023.

She was talking about being Health Secretary. Little did she know the pressure would intensify just months later, when she became First Minister and leader of Welsh Labour.

Let’s not forget how she got there. Vaughan Gething was brought down by his own cabinet. Ministers resigned, forcing him out after weeks of turmoil over donations to his leadership campaign.

Labour in the Senedd was split. Eluned Morgan was the candidate everyone could agree on.

Those divisions in Labour still exist, but now, mostly behind the scenes.

Her challenges are multiple. The Labour government in Westminster has sent extra money for publ

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