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TODAY marks one year since the murder of George Floyd in the USA. Mr Floyd s death began protests against racial injustice and inequality all around the world, including in Wales - with one in Newport attended by several thousand people. It is against this backdrop that the Welsh Government published its draft Race Equality Action Plan last month. The plan, the Welsh Government has said, is intended to improve the lives of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) people in Wales through specific actions across devolved policy areas.
A message of support from Professor Charlotte Williams, as schools plan to embed Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic perspectives into the curriculum in Wales.
In Powys, Welsh Conservative newcomer James Evans won the Brecon and Radnorshire seat, turning it blue for the first time in the Senedd s history. James Evans MS. Picture: via County Times This is the biggest honour of my life and I will do my upmost to stand up for our community and the whole of Wales in the Senedd, he said following the result. The constituency had been held by the Liberal Democrats for the past 22 years. Mr Evans added: Today the people pressed the reset button, they wanted a fresh start in Brecon and Radnorshire, they wanted a new voice to represent them.
In the regional election, voters chose from a list of parties to represent them. The South Wales East region includes the constituencies of Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Islwyn, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, Monmouth, Newport East, Newport West and Torfaen. The elected members for the region are Delyth Jewell and Peredur Owen Griffiths of Plaid Cymru and Laura Anne Jones and Natasha Asghar of the Conservative Party. Although Labour won 85,988 votes, the regional vote system takes into account constituencies won by each party within the region. Votes cast for parties which have won constituencies are effectively ‘worth’ less, and, as Labour won seven of the eight constituencies within South Wales East it is almost impossible for the party to win regional seats too.