Vaughan Gething’s leadership in peril as four Welsh ministers resign
Four government ministers have resigned from the Welsh government in a potentially fatal blow for the first minister Vaughan Gething’s premiership.
Mick Antoniw, Julie James, Lesley Griffiths and Jeremy Miles have all stepped down from their roles, urging Gething to leave office after a turbulent time for the Welsh Labour leader.
In June Gething refused to resign despite losing a vote of no confidence. The Senedd vote was called by the Conservatives over donations made to Gething’s leadership campaign by a company owned by a man previously convicted of environmental offences.
The first minister has also come under pressure over the sacking of Hannah Blythyn from her role as the ,minister for social partnership, alleging that she was the leak of text messages that appeared to show he had advocated deleting messages that could be revealed under the freedom of information act.
Gething faces another potentially damaging vote in the Senedd on Wednesday after the Welsh Conservatives tabled a motion to try to compel him to publish the evidence he used to sack Blythyn.
Miles, the economy secretary; Antoniw, the counsel general; Griffiths, the culture and social justice secretary; and James, the housing and local government secretary, released letters of resignation on Tuesday.
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