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Cabinet Secretary For Social Justice (Wales)
The Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice () is a member of the Cabinet in the Welsh Government. The current officeholder is Jane Hutt since July 2024. Ministers Responsibilities The responsibilities of the post are: * Co-ordinating cross-cutting measures than can tackle poverty and promote prosperity * Co-ordinating Child Poverty mitigation measures * Digital Inclusion * Oversee lottery funding distribution in Wales * Inclusive financial systems, such as credit unions * Reforming the Welfare system * Fuel Poverty * Fire and Rescue Services, which includes community fire safety * Community safety * Leading policy relating to the Armed forces in Wales and Veterans * The "Wales and Africa Programme" * EU settlement scheme * Human rights and equality in Wales * Issue co-ordination relating to asylum seekers, refugees, Gypsies, Roma, Travellers, and community cohesion. * Tackling domestic abuse, sexual and gender-based violence, and modern slavery. * Volunteering and the Volunt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Hutt
Jane Elizabeth Hutt (born 15 December 1949) is a Welsh Labour politician serving as Welsh Government Chief Whip since 2023, Trefnydd of the Senedd since March 2024 and Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice since July 2024. She has served as the Member of the Senedd (MS) for the Vale of Glamorgan since 1999. A member of the Parliament since its creation, Hutt holds the record for the longest serving Welsh Government minister and has served in every administration to date. She served continually in government from May 1999 until the November 2017 reshuffle, returning in December 2018. Hutt has held several of the most senior government offices, including Minister for Finance, Minister for Health and Social Services, and Minister for Education. Early years Born in Epsom, Surrey, on 15 December 1949, Hutt's Welsh-speaking grandparents are from North Wales, and her father was the pathologist Michael Hutt. Hutt was educated at Surbiton High School and graduated from the Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gething Government
The Gething government was the Welsh Labour, Labour-led government of Wales formed on 21 March 2024 following the appointment of Vaughan Gething as First Minister of Wales, First Minister on 20 March 2024. History Following the resignation of Mark Drakeford, Gething was elected Leader of the Labour party on 16 March 2024 and appointed First Minister on 20 March. He became the first black leader of any European country. Gething announced his cabinet on 21 March. Upon appointing his cabinet, Gething stated "this stellar ministerial team will answer the call of the generation in wanting to create a stronger, fairer, greener Wales". Senior ministers in the cabinet were once again named "cabinet secretaries" with junior ministers referred to as "ministers", as they were in Carwyn Jones's Third Jones government, third government. Formation Rebecca Evans (politician), Rebecca Evans retained the Finance portfolio and was appointed Cabinet Secretary for Finance (Wales), Cabinet Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
