stretch of the london orbital busy stretch of the london orbital m25 motorway grinds to a halt over the weekend. it's the first closure of its kind since it opened in 1986. the next first minister of wales is about to be announced. the economy minister vaughan gething and education ministerjeremy miles are competing to succeed mark drakeford. vaughan gething would become wales' first black first minister while mr myles would be the country was my first gay leader but the winning candidate will not become first minister until the procedure for replacing mr drakeford takes place next week. the next first minister of wales is about to be announced, so we have the economy minister

vaughan gething and the education ministerjeremy miles. they have both been competing to succeed the leader. let's go straight now to the senedd and listen. so leader. let's go straight now to the senedd and listen.— senedd and listen. so it's only fittin: senedd and listen. so it's only fitting that _ senedd and listen. so it's only fitting that we _ senedd and listen. so it's only fitting that we are _ senedd and listen. so it's only fitting that we are here - senedd and listen. so it's only fitting that we are here for - senedd and listen. so it's only} fitting that we are here for the results of the welsh labour leadership election and the start of a new era for labour in wales. both candidates in our leadership race candidates in our leadership race can be proud of the campaigns they have run. write it and how we can put the values of our movement into action in the senedd, improving lives across wales. and i know the winner will work quickly to form an administration that focuses on the priorities of people across wales all day, every day. but after today, our focus must turn quickly to the imminent general election. rishi sunak may not have the backbone to let the public have their say on the 2nd of may, but we hear are ready. ready to highlight iii years of

conservative chaos and failure and the ways in which they are holding wales back. ready to make the case for a changed labour party under the leadership of keir starmer and deliver that decade of national renewal our united kingdom so desperately needs. and ready to fight for every single vote on the doorsteps across our country. we have a once in a generation opportunity deliver a labour government at both ends of the ma, working together to deliver positive change in people because mac lives every single day. that is the prize we are fighting for and the privilege we hope —— people's lives. our campaign starts with a new leader of welsh labour but before we get the results, want to take a moment to recognise the extraordinary public service of mark drakeford. applause

mark's leadership of our nation doing the most difficult period in 70 years is an example of selfless public service that is too often missing from our politics. he has led with integrity and compassion, with values and professionalism. mark, thank you for everything you've done. applause and it is my pleasure to welcome mark for the final time as welsh labour leader.

well, bore da. speaks welsh speaks welsh thank you so much for that very warm introduction, and welcome. it’s thank you so much for that very warm introduction, and welcome.— introduction, and welcome. it's been a privilege. — introduction, and welcome. it's been a privilege. of— introduction, and welcome. it's been a privilege, of course, _ introduction, and welcome. it's been a privilege, of course, to _ introduction, and welcome. it's been a privilege, of course, to have - introduction, and welcome. it's been a privilege, of course, to have led i a privilege, of course, to have led a privilege, of course, to have led a welsh _ a privilege, of course, to have led a welsh labour government, a welsh labour_ a welsh labour government, a welsh labour movement and the welsh labour party over_ labour movement and the welsh labour party over the last five years.

today— party over the last five years. today is — party over the last five years. today is the day where we look forward, — today is the day where we look forward, beyond what we have achieved — forward, beyond what we have achieved together to what we will want to _ achieved together to what we will want to do together in the future. i've been— want to do together in the future. i've been a — want to do together in the future. i've been a member of the labour family— i've been a member of the labour family more than 50 years. i first knocked — family more than 50 years. i first knocked doors for the labour party in an_ knocked doors for the labour party in an election in 1974, and here we are 50— in an election in 1974, and here we are 50 years— in an election in 1974, and here we are 50 years later. and when i think of the _ are 50 years later. and when i think of the labour party in wales, the idea of— of the labour party in wales, the idea of a — of the labour party in wales, the idea of a family is not a cliche at all. idea of a family is not a cliche at alt it_ idea of a family is not a cliche at alt it really— idea of a family is not a cliche at all. it really does sum up what it is to— all. it really does sum up what it is to he — all. it really does sum up what it is to be part of this great united determined movement. but i've had an exchange _ determined movement. but i've had an exchange with sir keir starmer today to thank_ exchange with sir keir starmer today to thank him for the support i have had while — to thank him for the support i have had while i— to thank him for the support i have had while i have been labour leader, and to— had while i have been labour leader, and to say— had while i have been labour leader, and to say to — had while i have been labour leader, and to say to him once again that

nothing _ and to say to him once again that nothing is — and to say to him once again that nothing is more important to who will come — nothing is more important to who will come after me as leader of the labour— will come after me as leader of the labour party in wales than to be working — labour party in wales than to be working with a labour prime minister in london _ in london. applause and when i think of the labour family. — and when i think of the labour family. i— and when i think of the labour family, i also think how lucky i am to have _ family, i also think how lucky i am to have friends in that family who will he _ to have friends in that family who will be part of what happens next. let will be part of what happens next. let me _ will be part of what happens next. let me just — will be part of what happens next. let me just say, nobody could have had a _ let me just say, nobody could have had a stronger support and the work that i_ had a stronger support and the work that i have _ had a stronger support and the work that i have done than the support i have had _ that i have done than the support i have had from carwin. whenever i have _ have had from carwin. whenever i have needed advice, he has been here _ have needed advice, he has been here but — have needed advice, he has been here. but he has never, ever been on my shoulder— here. but he has never, ever been on my shoulder looking to tell me what

to do _ my shoulder looking to tell me what to do the _ my shoulder looking to tell me what to do. the balance could never have been _ to do. the balance could never have been better~ — to do. the balance could never have been better. and because either of the candidates who have fought this campaign _ the candidates who have fought this campaign are notjust part of the labour— campaign are notjust part of the labour family, campaign are notjust part of the labourfamily, part campaign are notjust part of the labour family, part personal friends, _ labour family, part personal friends, then i look forward to being — friends, then i look forward to being able to go on playing my part whenever— being able to go on playing my part whenever i— being able to go on playing my part whenever i can be useful to them too. whenever i can be useful to them too and — whenever i can be useful to them too and i— whenever i can be useful to them too. and i congratulate the both on the campaign that they have run. i particularly — the campaign that they have run. i particularly want to thank those people — particularly want to thank those people who work for the labour party here in_ people who work for the labour party here in wales, who have run the election — applause what i hear it is to work for the labour— what i hear it is to work for the labour party here in wales. —— what a vear~ _ labour party here in wales. —— what a year. they— labour party here in wales. —— what a year. they have risen to the challenge _ a year. they have risen to the challenge absolutely. just to end by saving _ challenge absolutely. just to end by saying this. in the work that is to be done — saying this. in the work that is to be done as— saying this. in the work that is to be done as we look forward to that general— be done as we look forward to that general election, and as we look to

do it as _ general election, and as we look to do it as we — general election, and as we look to do it as we do in wales in that united — do it as we do in wales in that united way, one of the pivotal family— united way, one of the pivotal family relationships for the leader of the _ family relationships for the leader of the labour party always is with our colleagues and friends in the parliamentary labour party in london — parliamentary labour party in london. and for us, that leadership is mediated — london. and for us, that leadership is mediated through the deputy leader— is mediated through the deputy leader of the labour party, a person with whom — leader of the labour party, a person with whom we have that day in, day out contact — with whom we have that day in, day out contact to make sure that the things— out contact to make sure that the things we — out contact to make sure that the things we are doing in wales are always— things we are doing in wales are always known to our colleagues and that we _ always known to our colleagues and that we always know what we can do more _ that we always know what we can do more to _ that we always know what we can do more to support them. it's a pleasure — more to support them. it's a pleasure for me to introduce to you this morning the deputy leader of the party— this morning the deputy leader of the party here in wales, carwen harris — everyone. can i start by adding to

that tribute — everyone. can i start by adding to that tribute to _ everyone. can i start by adding to that tribute to mark— everyone. can i start by adding to that tribute to mark and - everyone. can i start by adding to that tribute to mark and say- everyone. can i start by adding to that tribute to mark and say that i that tribute to mark and say that mark— that tribute to mark and say that mark took— that tribute to mark and say that mark took over _ that tribute to mark and say that mark took over the _ that tribute to mark and say that mark took over the party - that tribute to mark and say that mark took over the party five - that tribute to mark and say that . mark took over the party five years a -o mark took over the party five years ago and _ mark took over the party five years ago and i_ mark took over the party five years ago and i had — mark took over the party five years ago and i had the _ mark took over the party five years ago and i had the privilege - mark took over the party five years ago and i had the privilege of- ago and i had the privilege of announcing _ ago and i had the privilege of announcing his— ago and i had the privilege of announcing his leadership. i ago and i had the privilege ofl announcing his leadership. he ago and i had the privilege of- announcing his leadership. he took over at— announcing his leadership. he took over at a _ announcing his leadership. he took over at a time _ announcing his leadership. he took over at a time where _ announcing his leadership. he took over at a time where he _ announcing his leadership. he took over at a time where he has- announcing his leadership. he took over at a time where he has faced i over at a time where he has faced global— over at a time where he has faced global challenges— over at a time where he has faced global challenges and _ over at a time where he has faced global challenges and he - 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government to work hand—in—hand with the welsh labour government, and - government to work hand—in—hand with the welsh labour government, and wel the welsh labour government, and we need to— the welsh labour government, and we need to be _ the welsh labour government, and we need to be a _ the welsh labour government, and we need to be a strong _ the welsh labour government, and we need to be a strong support _ the welsh labour government, and we need to be a strong support for- the welsh labour government, and we need to be a strong support for keir. need to be a strong support for keir starmer— need to be a strong support for keir starmer to— need to be a strong support for keir starmer to make _ need to be a strong support for keir starmer to make sure _ need to be a strong support for keir starmer to make sure he _ need to be a strong support for keir starmer to make sure he becomes. need to be a strong support for keir. starmer to make sure he becomes the next prime _ starmer to make sure he becomes the next prime minister— starmer to make sure he becomes the next prime minister of— starmer to make sure he becomes the next prime minister of this _ starmer to make sure he becomes the next prime minister of this country. i next prime minister of this country. and the _ next prime minister of this country. and the person _ next prime minister of this country. and the person that _ next prime minister of this country. and the person that the _ next prime minister of this country. and the person that the members l next prime minister of this country. - 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well, thank you. thank you for the introduction to the event. and thank you to the welsh labour staff and the team and the procedures committee who have run a typically well—organised campaign. the first thing to do is to pay tribute to mark stop watch has already been said about mark as a details man. that he was the right leader at the right time in the pandemic. and it is true that we will be forever in his debt. to his forensic approach to public policy through that time.

but too little is said about the heart that went into it too. the deep and unwavering devotion to fairness. to wales as a community, as a people. as a fabric of families. at the hardest of times, he made us feel safer, he made us feel proud, and he always made everyone aware that we each have a part to play in our national story. there is no greater legacy than that. thank you, mark, for everything that you have done for our party and more importantly, for our party and more importantly, for our country. applause and jeremy, we have been cabinet colleagues, political allies and once the dust settles again, i hope

firm friends. i know thatjeremy�*s candidacy has given a new confidence to thousands of welsh boys and girls who might otherwise have thought very differently about public life here in wales. that people will not accept me, or it isjust here in wales. that people will not accept me, or it is just not for me. those kind of thoughts or ones that you have helped to vanish from homes right across wales. jeremy, the story that you have told, the example that you have already set and the ideas that you promoted in this campaign have already helped to change wales for the better. i look forward to working with you. thank you to you and to your campaign team for the contest. applause

i also need to recognise my own excellent campaign team that came together quickly and at short notice. they leftjobs, cancelled notice. they left jobs, cancelled holidays, notice. they leftjobs, cancelled holidays, some even came out of retirement! all of them dedicated so much, for which i am so grateful. my campaign co—chairs, for your support, guidance, advice and leadership of our team of senedd members, mps and councillors. thank you to each and every one of you. last but by no means least, thank you to all of the welsh labour and trade union members who have taken part in this contest. as a welsh labour activist for nearly three decades, i'm immensely proud to have received support from members of our party and movement across wales and of course, is a former trade union steward and employment lawyer,

receiving support from six of her biggest trade unions was truly an honour. but today, we turn a page in the book of our nation's history. a history that we write together. not just because i have the honour of becoming the first black leader in any european country, but because the generational dial has jumped too. like ken and jane, devolution is not something i have had to get used to go to adapt to, or to apologise for. devolution, welsh solutions to welsh problems and opportunities, is in my blood. it is what i've always known through my aduu what i've always known through my adult political life. and that's the same for a growing number of our citizens. and i want us to use this moment as a starting point for a more confident march into the future. a march into the future on behalf of a generation that too

often is being asked to pick up the pieces, and the bill, for those who came before them. in wales, it often takes the worst times to get the best out of us. in adversity, you can't match us. we will be there, fighting tooth and nail for the impossible to happen, for the underdog, for the oppressed. when your back is against the wall, you want welsh people by your side, and we will be there. it is no coincidence that the nhs has its roots here in wales, no coincidence the heroism of the solidarity shown through the minors' strike is no coincidence that welsh people are working around the world to build peace and healing tradition. in times of strife, we unite, we organise, we succeed. when we see adversity, we act. but what about when it comes to ambition, to

raising our sites twice might not just knuckling down, but rising up. we can do more. wales has every right to be confident. of course we are still here, we have always been here, we always will be here. the question for us today is, what is next? can we answer the call of a generation and waiting to deliver the wales that they want? a wales that they want to be proud off. a wales we can all be proud of. i believe we can. i set up building blocks of how we will get there for a healthier nation, for a place called home, for green prosperity, for ambitious features and for a stronger wales. and i know that we

can win the next general election. we can win so that young people no longer feel weighed we can win so that young people no longerfeel weighed down by a uk government that has no interest in the future. we can win so that neighbours are not pitted against each other, exhausted by culture wars. we can win so that wales can take its place at the frontier of a green jobs revolution that fuels new ambition and expands horizons. we can win if we stand together. linking arms to defeat the narrow force of division that seek to make a warm nation turn cold. that only happens if we sweep the tories out of office and send keir starmer into number 10. we of office and send keir starmer into number10. we can of office and send keir starmer into number 10. we can win and we must win. friends, none of us should underestimate the hard work ahead and the work that we must do, and we cannot do it alone. it took a team

of 3 million to get through the pandemic. it will take a team of 3 million to recoverfrom it. it will take a team of 3 million to win a brighter future take a team of 3 million to win a brighterfuture for take a team of 3 million to win a brighter future for wales. i take a team of 3 million to win a brighterfuture for wales. i offer a hand of friendship and a listening ear to anyone hand of friendship and a listening earto anyone in hand of friendship and a listening ear to anyone in the senedd, anyone in wales who shares my ambition for our country. i want to get serious about the challenges that we face. i know that delivering on what people need requires listening, not lecturing. restoring trust and recovering dignity in the way that we speak to one another may seem an impossible task in the face of a rising tide of nasty populism that is hungry for a disunited wales. but welsh labour is in the business of making the impossible possible. across the world, our movement has never backed down from a challenge. 0ur movement from the birth of trade unions through 100 years of labour

in wales has dared not only to dream, but delivered. a safety net for those who have fallen on tough times through no fault of their own. 0ur nhs, the minimum wage, rights at work and so much more, none of it imaginable before our movement called for it and delivered it. we did those things together. so i know that we can meet the challenges of today, and we can win that better, fairer future that we all deserve. we notably tough but we know that we can only get there together. —— but we know it will be tough. friends, let's get to work. thank you all very much. applause

studio: and there we have it, victory speech from the man said to be wales' new first minister, vaughan gething. —— set to be. just accepting a handshake from his rival candidate, jeremy miles. let's go straight to our wales correspondent, hywel griffith. just tell us about vaughan, because for a lot of people watching, he will be a new name if they haven't been following this long election process in detail. how is he, what does he stand for? absolutely. within wales, he is probably best known for being the health minister in the last comment during the pandemic. responsible thereforfor during the pandemic. responsible therefor for the during the pandemic. responsible thereforfor the nhs and how during the pandemic. responsible therefor for the nhs and how wales reacted. the covid inquiry heard that there was a slot —like urgency within wales so there is a question

for him to answer that but he moved to economy minister which he technically is right now but by next week we expect him to be voted in as the first minister. he spoke about having nearly three generation four or three decades, sorry, within the welsh labour movement. in student politics he was the first black president of the national union of students within wales, that was the start of his politicaljourney, and he has spoken about how the colour of his skin was significant, how he had suffered taunts as a teenager, encountered racism, so he's very proud to mention that he was said to be notjust the proud to mention that he was said to be not just the first black proud to mention that he was said to be notjust the first black first minister of oils but the first democratically elected leader within europe of colour. so his background is very much within the welsh labour movement but he spoke about a reset as well, acknowledging the work of mark drakeford before him by talking about the generation ahead, and the

generation people in wales have grown up with devolved power for so he came into politics when the senedd was essentially set up in power had been devolved from westminster. that power has grown over the years and he's been an important figure in making that happen and using the power, but nothing really will prepare him for this topjob, where he has overall for decisions made here notjust in health, notjust in the economy but for education, the environment and everything else are so many challenges ahead, that will be a very, very full inbox when he takes over next week. find very, very full inbox when he takes over next week.— over next week. and very clearly, throwin: over next week. and very clearly, throwing ahead _ over next week. and very clearly, throwing ahead to _ over next week. and very clearly, throwing ahead to the _ over next week. and very clearly, throwing ahead to the coming - throwing ahead to the coming election, clearly very much at the top of his agenda magut in the party, his party ready for that. yes, it is a dual role, to be the first minister and the welsh labour leader, you have to have a seat in the senedd but you're also responsible for the campaign in wales for the general election

whenever that comes. he said this is the start of that campaign essentially, nobody knows the date will be part he knows he will need to speak to keir starmer pretty quickly, find out what the playbook is really, and learn what keir starmer�*s messaging is for people in wales as well. we have seen over the last decade or so the welsh labour government often blame decisions of the uk government led by the tories. if labour take power of that dynamic will have to change as well, so the two men will have to find common ground and agree on the way ahead but essentially, fighting that election will be the first party. wales is a stronghold for labour, they have the most seats but there have been boundary changes so that there will be challenges in the forthcoming election whenever that comes. , ., , , ., comes. there seemed to be very warm words from _ comes. there seemed to be very warm words from vaughan _ comes. there seemed to be very warm words from vaughan gething _ comes. there seemed to be very warm words from vaughan gething towards l words from vaughan gething towards his fellow candidate jeremy miles. this has been a long process, mark drakeford announced he would be stepping down in december of last

year, the voting itself has been open for quite a few weeks. how has the campaign been fought, has it been seen as a unifying campaign for the labour party, has been divisive? but have been the points of difference?— but have been the points of difference? , ., , difference? some people will tell ou there difference? some people will tell you there is _ difference? some people will tell you there is very _ difference? some people will tell you there is very little _ difference? some people will tell you there is very little points - difference? some people will tell you there is very little points of l you there is very little points of difference because these were two candidates already within the cabinet in the welsh kuf who were talking about consistency, following the same track as mark drakeford —— backin the same track as mark drakeford —— back in the welsh government. just a couple minor tweaks. there's not much divergence in of policy. vaughan gething may be a more slick politician, but with sound bites than jeremy politician, but with sound bites thanjeremy miles but he has an achilles' heel as well, probably the most contentious thing during the whole three month leadership was his acceptance of a £200,000 donation from a company whose owner was

prosecuted for illegally dumping waste. he says that donation was properly declared and that no rules were broken but already a question about hisjudgment in were broken but already a question about his judgment in accepting the donation. but i think, as you saw in that auditorium, this was a friendly race between two —— between chew—mac labour colleagues. —— two labour colours. it's safe to say vaughan is very familiar to all those cabinet colleagues around the table. it will be his choice who brings back to the table, and how he once with him as he decides on the future path for wales. and do so within the welsh labourfight for the wales. and do so within the welsh labour fight for the general election, who he wants with him as the visible face of welsh labour when they start knocking those doors. �* , ., , doors. and in terms of the big olitical doors. and in terms of the big political issues, _ doors. and in terms of the big political issues, the _ doors. and in terms of the big political issues, the big - political issues, the big contentious issues facing him or what would you say are the top among those? he

what would you say are the top among those? , , . . those? he will be very familiar with the issues of _ those? he will be very familiar with the issues of the _ those? he will be very familiar with the issues of the welsh _ those? he will be very familiar with the issues of the welsh health - the issues of the welsh health service, reckoned waiting list for planned treatment, ongoing issues with emergency responses, response times for ambulances and waiting times for ambulances and waiting times in amd. he will know where the fault lines, it is something he didn't manage to solve during his time in that post. also as economy minister he will know the issues around the decline of heavy industry but more particularly the problems at the port talbot steelworks. we are expecting something in the region of 2000 redundancies to be made, what happens to those workers, why wasn't more done to put plans in place to help them, why has there been a better transition to green steel and the green economy within wales? questions he will face. and also if we think of that general how does he defend the welsh labour record in government on those chris mcqueen are the conservatives have repeatedly spoken about the failings

of the welsh nhs and of the welsh economy, the failings within welsh schools when it comes to international comparators. how will he defend the when labour want to sell the message about going back into government on a uk level? subletting in that inbox when he goes back to work next week and as we expect, when he is voted in this first minister probably on wednesday.— first minister probably on wednesday. first minister probably on wednesda . , , ' . ~' wednesday. hywel griffith, thank you for that. we will _ wednesday. hywel griffith, thank you for that. we will leave _ wednesday. hywel griffith, thank you for that. we will leave cardiff - wednesday. hywel griffith, thank you for that. we will leave cardiff the - for that. we will leave cardiff the moment, butjust a reminder that vaughan gething hasjust moment, butjust a reminder that vaughan gething has just been selected as the next first minister of wales. here in england, a section of wales. here in england, a section of one of the uk's busiest motorways is shut this weekend, there is concern that thousands of drivers will be stuck in gridlock. for the first time since it opened in 1986,

a five mile stretch of the m25 between junctions ten and 11 is closed for maintenance. 0ur reporter frances reid has the story. it is that love to hate bit of the country's motorways, one of the busiest and most congested. the m25 circles london and connects its four main airports including the uk's lodges, heathrow. forthose who main airports including the uk's lodges, heathrow. for those who use it daily can be, well, a bit of a nightmare. this weekend, the first closure in its history as a five—mile stretch from junction 10 to 11 is rebuilt. and there will be a diversion route through surrey — although we have been told not to use it at all if possible. i think the closure of the m25, if drivers don't abide by the warnings, it has potential to be absolute chaos and absolute gridlock. it isn't looking good. it is a five—mile stretch of the m25, but if that's closed, the knock—on effects

could be immense. there have been many collisions on this stretch of the motorway, often caused by vehicles changing lanes and the sheer volume of traffic. the works are supposed to remedy that. but the temporary diversions are significant. cobham vets is one business that has been dealing with issues for over a year. few clients have now left. they have gone to practices closer to them. there is no way they can get in or out. it will be gridlock. the diversion is visually coming past our front door. people living nearby were advised to go to the shops last week, rather than today. they are worried about contingency plans. what if the work doesn't all get done? and what then happens on a monday morning when people have to go to school, have to go to work? that is a real concern — that there's no plan b.

they're also worried about needing to go to hospital or work —