Mar 20 - GSD Urges Government to Not Write Off £3 Million of Outstanding Rent Arrears
A clash in Parliament this afternoon during Questions to the Chief Minister, saw Opposition leader Daniel Feetham question Mr. Picardo on the Government’s decision to not pursue outstanding rents for Government rentals. The issue, the Chief Minister insists, is one of law and not policy; he noted that the Statute of Limitations states that rent debts from over 5 years ago are no longer recoverable.
The Opposition leader questioned the Government’s decision to ‘write off £3 million of arrears’ that are adding to the Gibraltar’s ‘culture of entitlement’, which he suggested the Government was supporting. Mr. Feetham said, ‘in the spirit of constructiveness I’m asking CM to consider and reverse his policy’.
Members of Gibraltar’s Round Table were granted a special audience with HRH the Duke of Edinburgh at Buckingham Palace last week. This follows a ‘Cornerstone of the Community’ Award recently presented to Round Table Gibraltar by the Newcastle Building Society.
Renowned African poet and storyteller Ben Okri will be delivering the recently formed ‘Gibraltar Lecture’ at the FT Weekend Oxford Literary Festival 2014 on Saturday March 29th.
This morning the HMS Astute arrived in Gibraltar for a short visit as part of scheduled operational tasking. Astute is the leading nuclear-powered submarine of her class and is the largest attack submarine the Royal Navy has commissioned by the Royal Navy.
