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The Welsh First Minister has denied his administration will be used as a blueprint for a potential Keir Starmer government at Westminister. 

Speaking at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, Mr Drakeford also said his Government’s decision to reduce the default speed limit to 20mph would not lead to a loss of votes for his party.

He said: “Wales will certainly play our part, but the idea that the United Kingdom was going to be Wales writ large, I don’t think that was ever a serious idea.”

The Labour First Minister said he “absolutely” did not think that the 20mph default speed limit implemented in Wales would lose Labour votes at the general election, nor the next Senedd poll.

He said: “What we are accused of is a policy that saves people’s lives, a policy that will prevent people from dying and will prevent thousands of serious accidents on our roads and will save the time and the money of our emergency services, will give people back the streets that they live on so that they become more liveable.

“What we are asking everybody to do is to drive a little bit more slowly in order to achieve those aims. I think that bargain, as people see it practically, they will see it for the modest bargain it is.”