First woman leads Welsh Government

First woman leads Welsh Government – “I promise to listen”

Eluned Morgan promises to ‘reinvent’ Welsh Labour and ‘focus on things that matter to people’ as she takes office.

Public services are the Welsh people’s priority rather than more devolution, the new first minister has said, promising to “reinvent” Labour after taking office in the Senedd.

She becomes Wales’ first female first minister, 25 years after the post was created.

In her acceptance speech, Morgan said she would honour her predecessor’s achievements and “add my own contributions to this legacy… perhaps with a vibrant splash of colour – the grey suits are out”.

Eluned Morgan tells women in Wales: “You need to know your potential is limitless”.

The 57-year-old former health secretary was unopposed in the contest to be Welsh Labour’s leader.

Welsh Secretary Jo Stevens congratulates Morgan, saying she has made “long-awaited history today as the first woman to become first minister in Wales”.

Now it’s over to King Charles, who formally approves Morgan before the new First Minister officially sworn in later.