Skip to main content
Row over donations to Welsh Labour leadership contender deepens
Andrew RT Davies, Leader of the Welsh Conservatives, walks on stage during the Conservative Party annual conference at Manchester Central, October 1, 2023

A POLITICAL row over £200,000 of donations from a company convicted for environmental dumping to Vaughan Gething’s Welsh Labour leadership bid deepened at the weekend.

Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies wrote to First Minister Mark Drakeford demanding an investigation under the ministerial code after the news broke during a live leadership hustings event on BBC Wales.

The Welsh government was tight-lipped about what action Mr Drakeford would take over the conduct of his potential successor.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
More from this author
llanrumney
Theatre review / 7 May 2025
7 May 2025

DAVID NICHOLSON applauds the return of Azuka Oforka’s stunning drama about slave plantation politics

Similar stories
Vaughan Gething speaks at the launch of Labour's six steps f
Britain / 16 July 2024
16 July 2024