ANDREW RT Davies, Welsh conservative leader, has commented on the Welsh Labour Government cabinet reshuffle, saying:

“This reshuffle resolves Carwyn Jones’ knee-jerk reaction to the pre-summer sacking of Alun Davies for breaching the ministerial code and attempting to smear opposition AMs.

“The new Public Services Minister seems equipped for his role having lost his last cabinet job for campaigning against Labour’s own public service reforms.

“Welsh Labour may have shuffled some deckchairs, but this makes no difference to the damaging policies pursued, cutting the NHS budget, dumbing down the Welsh education system and neglecting private enterprise.

“Some of the same tired faces who’ve been sat around the cabinet table since 1999 remain in post and continue to give post-war Eastern European communist politicians a run for their money.

“These are the same Labour Ministers who supported record-breaking cuts to the NHS budget, brought about systemic failure in education and managed a decline in relative prosperity over the past 15 years.

“Labour sources have let the cat out the bag that the Welsh Labour cabinet will now be focussed on the 2016 election instead of addressing the need for reform of Welsh public services.”