Jeremy Miles was the FM's opponent in the Welsh Labour leadership contest, and was appointed economy secretary in Vaughan Gething's Welsh Government cabinet.
Wales' economy secretary Jeremy Miles has refused to publicly back First Minister Vaughan Gething in an ITV Cymru Wales interview.
Speaking to the media while setting out the Welsh Government’s long-term plans for a greener, more sustainable energy supply and decarbonisation, Jeremy Miles - Wales' cabinet secretary for the economy, energy and the Welsh language - declined on four occasions to say whether he had complete faith in his boss.He said: "I'm not going to give a running commentary on what we've seen in the press. It's obviously been a very difficult number of weeks.
Despite Mr Miles' lack of clarity on whether he is continuing to back Mr Gething, Caerphilly MS MS Hefin David says the first minister retains the support of the Labour group in the Senedd. In a heated exchange at the Senedd’s Scrutiny Committee Vaughan Gething, the Welsh Labour government leader defended his decision to sack the former minister, insisting that evidence showed messages given to Nation.Cymru came from her phone.However, he insisted he has never tried to claim Ms Blythyn directly contacted the media herself.
Speaking at the scrutiny committee meeting held at the Parc y Scarlets rugby stadium in Llanelli on Friday, the first minister said: “When it comes to the evidence, there’s no inconsistency in what I said.
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