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FMQs still dominated by row over Vaughan Gething's campaign donation
First Minister of Wales Vaughan Gething speaks at the launch of Labour's six steps for change in Wales at the Priory Centre in Abergavenny, while on the General Election campaign trail, May 30, 2024

PRESSURE continued to grow over the donations to Vaughan Gething’s leadership campaign as First Minister’s Questions were again dominated by the row today.

A BBC Wales documentary broadcast on Monday evening, A Big Stink, revealed that the company at the centre of the donation storm was under a new criminal investigation.

The programme alleged that Natural Resouces Wales is conducting a criminal investigation into a firm controlled by millionaire businessman David Neal, who gave donations totalling £200,000 to Mr Gething’s leadership campaign.

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