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Obituary: Rhodri Morganpublished at 23:43 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
Wales' former first minister dies at 77
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Rhodri Morgan stabilised Welsh devolution after its rocky first year, and spent nine years as first minister in his own idiosyncratic style.
At a time when soundbites were the norm, he spoke like no other politician - his response to being asked whether he wanted to lead the yet-to-be-created assembly was "do one-legged ducks swim in a circle"?
In office he pursued a strategy of differentiating his administration from Tony Blair's New Labour government, using the new devolved powers to opt-out from Blairite reforms to health and education.
It was called "clear red water", but in true Morgan style he never uttered the phrase, leaving it out of a key speech in order, he later suggested, to save time.
Morgan's predecessor Alun Michael pays tributepublished at 23:37 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
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Alun Michael, one-time first secretary of Wales, now police and crime commissioner for South Wales, was shocked by news of the death of his successor and friend, Rhodri Morgan:
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He was the most popular politician of his generation and the absolute master of the one-liner.
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When Rhodri and I were first elected in 1987 we were part of a Welsh resurgence of political radicalism which was a staging point for 1997 and the road to devolution which has been so crucial to the Wales in which we now live.
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He led the Welsh government and the Assembly through turbulent times to stability and laid the firm foundations on which Carwyn Jones and the current government have been able to build.
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While we had our disagreements, for instance over the Cardiff Bay Barrage, Rhodri was always a vigorous and colourful debater, but not personal. We remained friends and he is someone whose commitment to Wales and to the people he served in Westminster and then in the Assembly was always absolute."
Mirror: 100 Rochdale paedos still walk the streetspublished at 23:31 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
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Social care 'giveaways and takeaways' in Tory manifestopublished at 23:31 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
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Daily Express: May's plan for a fairer Britainpublished at 23:15 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
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How will Sinn Fein influence Brexit talks?published at 23:15 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
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'We had a common travel area before the EU existed' says Donaldsonpublished at 23:10 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
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Why 'The EU understands Northern Ireland better than London'published at 23:10 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
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Theresa May dubbed 'the lunch snatcher'published at 23:10 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
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Sarah Olney, Liberal Democrat education spokesperson, has reacted angrily to Tory plans to scrap universal free school meals for years one, two and reception, which were brought in during the Lib Dem-Conservative coalition.
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Margaret Thatcher was know as the 'milk snatcher'. Theresa May will go down as the lunch snatcher.
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Children under Theresa May will go hungry: it is that stark, and that heartless. But she just doesn't care."
'Support for the DUP is going to increase' says Donaldsonpublished at 23:09 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
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Do these schoolgirls feel more Irish or Northern Irish?published at 23:09 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
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What will Brexit mean for Northern Ireland?published at 23:09 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
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May to restrict some free school mealspublished at 23:04 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
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Tributes to Rhodri Morgan from colleagues and friendspublished at 22:53 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
The First Minister of Wales, Welsh Conservative leader, Labour's Cardiff Central candidate and the new metro mayor of Greater Manchester tweet:
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Metro front page: £100,000 ring-fencedpublished at 22:46 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
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Year of unpaid care leave among Tory pledgespublished at 22:46 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
Also on social care, the Conservatives say they would:
- Make sure no one has to sell their home within their lifetime, or the lifetime of their surviving, cohabiting partner, by extending deferred payment agreements to at-home carers
- Improve co-operation between the NHS and the care system to relieve unnecessary stays in hospital and look at new technology and specialist housing to let people live independently for longer
- Give people the right to request up to a year of unpaid leave to care for a relative
Tories outline plans to change social carepublished at 22:42 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
The Conservatives will pledge in their manifesto to "make the social care system fundamentally fairer".
It says the party wants it to be "better funded... more sustainable, helping to ensure elderly people receive the dignified and high quality care they deserve".
To deal with pressures in the social care system, the manifesto says a Conservative government would:
- Only pay winter fuel payments to the least well-off pensioners by means-testing the benefit. And transferring the money saved to health and social care
- Put the person's home into the means test for provision of care at home, as happens with residential care
- Set a floor of £100,000 below which assets would be protected from the costs of social care
Morgan brought stability to fledgling Welsh Assemblypublished at 22:39 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
Rhodri Morgan, who has died aged 77, was elected as an MP in 1987 and became a Welsh Assembly member when it was created in 1999.
Nine months later, he became first minister, replacing Alun Michael, who had stood down.
Mr Morgan is widely credited with having brought stability to the fledgling assembly after a turbulent start to the new institution.
He is survived by his wife, Julie, two daughters and a son.
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Former First Minister of Wales Rhodri Morgan diespublished at 22:34 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
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Former first minister of Wales Rhodri Morgan has died, aged 77.
Telegraph: Middle-class lose winter fuel payments to fund social carepublished at 22:19 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
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