He also plans to give the department responsibility for managing an expanded Head Start programme.

ECONOMIST: Lexington

Meanwhile, Dr Marion Lyons, head of the vaccination programme for PHW, told BBC Wales of worries about the growing number of cases in the old county of Montgomeryshire, where 50 have been reported recently in Welshpool.

BBC: Swansea measles epidemic expected to peak in four weeks

This came as a surprise to Andrew Cheng, the programme's head scientist at Johns Hopkins.

ECONOMIST: Eros