Mark Drakeford to Resign as First Minister of Wales

Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford has announced he is standing down as Labour leader and will remain in post until his successor is found early next year. In a resignation statement posted to X, formerly known as Twitter, on Wednesday, Mr. Drakeford said, “I will stand down in March, and will continue to deliver on my promises to you until then.” At a news conference in Cardiff, he said: “The next Welsh leader and first minister will, I hope, have an opportunity which has not come my way and that is to work with a newly-elected Labour government in London. And I will work as hard as I can to see that Labour government elected.”...