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Carwyn Jones addressing the conference
FIRST Minister Carwyn Jones has contrasted the “genuine social partnership” between his government and trade unions in Wales with the attacks suffered by workers in England under the Tories.
Earning a standing ovation for his final first ministerial address to Wales TUC congress before stepping down later this year, Mr Jones said today that, when the UK government ended NHS student bursaries, his administration had consulted health unions and kept them.
The same applied to the education maintenance allowance (EMA), which was scrapped in England but retained in Wales after discussions with the National Union of Students.
Wales reporter DAVID NICHOLSON looks at the political scene as budget rows take centre-stage and Welsh Labour gains a new leader
The election offers a critical chance to shape the future of pay, care and community provision in Wales, says Unison’s JESS TURNER
