Vaughan Gething, a senior Labour politician and former economy minister, is under scrutiny for accepting a £200,000 donation from a controversial waste company that received a £400,000 loan from the Development Bank of Wales. This bank was part of Gething's portfolio when he was the economy minister. The loan to the company was approved 11 months before the donation was made to Gething's campaign for First Minister. Calls for an independent investigation into the matter have intensified, with politicians across the spectrum, including senior Labour Minister Jeremy Miles, who stated he would not have accepted the donation, criticizing Gething's decision.
TROUBLE IN PARADISE as senior Labour Minister Jeremy Miles says he WOULD NOT have accepted the £200,000 donation that helped make Vaughan Gething First Minister. The cash came from a company owned by a man who was prosecuted for waste offences. https://t.co/sEiBNxr2ZR
🔴 Exclusive: Vaughan Gething’s Welsh leadership attempt backed by firm which received £400k taxpayer-funded loan https://t.co/Vg15Gzmn9i
Vaughan Gething is facing calls for an independent investigation into accepting a donation of £200,000 from a controversial waste company https://t.co/vHFhB9uxsJ
Vaughan Gething is facing calls for an independent investigation into his decision to accept £200,000 from a controversial waste company https://t.co/wWMdCuLlqM
Welsh politicians call for new independent investigation into Vaughan Gething's campaign donation https://t.co/IgVI0ZyuVP
Remember the companies that gave £200K to Vaughan Gething's campaign to be First Minister? Well 11 months before they received a £400k loan from the Welsh Gov-run Development Bank of Wales. This was when Mr Gething was economy minister & the bank was in his portfolio. [Thread] https://t.co/MtMdioVAxF
Firm that bankrolled Vaughan Gething's campaign received £400k in loans of public money https://t.co/6X8Tr8wLUi https://t.co/3jD1fxMWwo
Jeremy Miles says he 'would not have accepted it' the donation made to Vaughan Gething's leadership campaign, 'but those questions are not for me' https://t.co/kXi8yiiToY
A company owned by a Labour councillor in Liverpool and her charity boss partner rapidly acquired assets worth £3.5 million, funded by a huge influx of funds whose origins remain unclear. Despite us asking them about those origins. Loved working on this banger with @abi_whist. https://t.co/NZqV3Dj1JA