Tag: Carwyn Jones

• Sunday, August 26th 2018 - 18:59 UTC

  A no-deal Brexit would be catastrophic; “Conservatives playing Russian roulette with the economy”

  

  A furious reaction to the first batch of no-deal Brexit preparation papers has come in from across the UK. The documents have shown up the UK’s no-deal plans as a bluff that was “fooling no-one”, said Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones. “The writing is on the wall,” he said.

• Tuesday, July 31st 2018 - 07:20 UTC

  “Rethink devolution” as a result of Brexit, Westminster and Scotland coincide

  

  The UK government “must rethink devolution” as a result of Brexit, a group of MPs have recommended. The process of leaving the EU has sparked a series of clashes between UK government ministers and their counterparts in Scotland and Wales.

• Friday, June 22nd 2018 - 08:22 UTC

  “Power grab” controversy at the British/Irish Council agenda in Guernsey

  

  Nicola Sturgeon is to meet senior UK government politicians for the first time since accusing them of “ripping up” the devolution settlement. The first minister will hold talks with Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington in Guernsey.

• Monday, April 23rd 2018 - 09:05 UTC

  Welsh Labour needs a “radical” new leader: party has been in office since the creation of the Assembly

  

  The next Welsh Labour leader must “shake-up” the party after almost two decades in power, a former Welsh secretary has said. Carwyn Jones is to step down as the party's leader and first minister in the autumn.

• Wednesday, January 17th 2018 - 10:12 UTC

  Wales will take steps to protect its interests, unless changes are made to EU Withdrawal bill

  

  First Minister Carwyn Jones has said he will take steps to protect Welsh powers after Brexit if UK ministers do not change their EU withdrawal bill. He claimed the way Theresa May planned to bring powers back from Brussels was a “fundamental assault” on devolution.

• Monday, September 25th 2017 - 11:05 UTC

  Wales blasts May for being “incapable of listening to other people's views”

  

  The prime minister and her cabinet “lack the basic skills” to get a good Brexit deal, Wales First Minister Carwyn Jones has claimed. Addressing the Labour Party conference in Brighton, the First Minister said Theresa May was “incapable of listening to other people's views”.

• Tuesday, September 5th 2017 - 08:26 UTC

  “Useful first meeting”, between Welsh First Minister and Theresa May's deputy

  

  Carwyn Jones has said there is “some way to go” before the Welsh Government can support the Brexit bill transferring EU law to Parliament. It follows what the first minister called a “useful” first meeting with Damian Green, Theresa May's deputy.

• Monday, September 4th 2017 - 07:19 UTC

  PM May calls for unity as Commons begins to debate the Brexit repeal bill

  

  Theresa May has appealed for unity from pro-EU Conservative MPs as the Commons is set to debate the government's Brexit repeal bill on Thursday. The bill, seen as a key plank of the government's Brexit policy, transfers EU law into UK legislation

• Friday, September 1st 2017 - 12:57 UTC

  Welsh Labour supports party's decision for a soft Brexit and single market

  

  A Welsh Member of Parliament who quit Labour's shadow cabinet rather than back the bill to trigger Brexit has welcomed the party's call to stay in the single market temporarily. Cardiff Central MP Jo Stevens said Labour was “shifting in the right direction” on relations with the EU.

• Wednesday, August 23rd 2017 - 09:03 UTC

  Scotland and Wales question Westminster's “power grab” and “rejection of the principle of devolution”

  

  The Scottish and Welsh first ministers have agreed to work together on amendments to the Brexit repeal Bill which they said is an “unashamed move to centralize decision-making power in Westminster”.