He said Sargeant had “made Welsh government a world leader in tackling violence against women and girls”, and lauded his work helping the community. “It may have been entirely appropriate that it was referred not to civil servants, but to the Labour party. Neither the Welsh government nor Welsh Labour would comment on these claims. The former Welsh Labour minister Leighton Andrews accused the party of previously undermining Sargeant. He said: “There had been deliberate personal undermining of Carl Sargeant from within the Welsh Labour government over several years.” The Welsh government declined to comment.

Source: The Guardian November 09, 2017 09:56 UTC