Gibraltar’s representation at the Labour Party Conference continued yesterday evening with the Gibraltar Reception hosted by the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and featuring a keynote speech by the UK Minister for Europe and the Overseas Territories Stephen Doughty MP.
Below follows Giovanni Origo's 2024 Budget Address:
Madam Speaker, Honourable colleagues, Honourable Ministers Opposite, and to all watching from home. It is an absolute privilege to rise, and deliver my first ever Budget Address to the House.
Below follows a statement from the Government regarding comments made by Roy Clinton on the Budget surplus:
Mr. Clinton has argued that the surplus this year is artificial. This is not true. The deficit in Government companies has been covered by an advance from the consolidated fund of £27,644 million pounds.