Pandemic has raised profile of Mark Drakeford and made more people aware of Cardiff’s policy powers
On the beach at Barry Island in south Wales, locals and daytrippers were enjoying fish and chips and ice cream, relishing the spring sunshine on tired faces after a long hard winter of lockdowns.
Away from the jollity of the seafront, Jane Hutt, who has sat in the Welsh assembly and parliament since the first devolved election in 1999, was striding along the steep streets of terraced houses trying to secure her sixth win for Labour in the Vale of Glamorgan constituency.
