From the threat of job cuts at the Port Talbot steel plant to post-Brexit subsidies for farmers, here is what is on Vaughan Gething's in-tray.
On a cold Wednesday night, in the shadows of the Port Talbot steelworks, a group of men is playing football under the floodlights. The game has been arranged by a local group called Marauders Men's Health, which provides help to those struggling with mental health problems. Increasingly, the team is made up of men from the steel plant - whose jobs are under threat following significant cuts announced earlier this year.
'People are at breaking point and it's sad to see. My son will be a fourth-generation farmer, he wants to go into regenerative farming, which is the most sustainable best way of farming possible. 'Growing trees in lines is not a carbon-neutral way of sustaining things. 'We do feel like we're being hit from every angle. Financially, we feel everything is unsustainable as it is.
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