We were second-class citizens over Covid firebreak - minister

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Summary

  1. The UK Covid-19 inquiry is in Cardiff to scrutinise the Welsh government's handling of the pandemic
  2. We're currently hearing from Rebecca Evans - minister for finance since 2018
  3. Earlier, Eluned Morgan, Wales' health minister since May 2021, expressed frustration over decisions made by the UK government
  4. She said the issue of finance during a "firebreak" in October 2020 left many in Wales feeling like "second class citizens"
  5. Jeremy Miles, a contender to be Wales' next first minister after Mark Drakeford's resignation in December, will appear this afternoon
  6. The inquiry covers decision-making during the pandemic by the UK government and the devolved governments in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
  7. A total of 10,271 people in Wales died due to Covid - with a further 2,299 deaths listing Covid as a contributing factor
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