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.
The Government has issued a statement today, categorically denying what it has said are unsubstantiated reports in the Campo Area publication Europasur, regarding her Majesty’s Government of Gibraltar “exerting pressure on the company running the Sunborn floating hotel to dismiss Spanish nationals”.
An anonymous Spanish worker, going by the initials J.L is quoted as saying it is a “great injustice” that HMGOG is carrying out a concerted campaign to reduce the number of Spanish workers in Gibraltar. He goes on to say that British, Russian and Ukrainian employees are not affected.
With immediate effect, Line Wall Road has been reduced to one traffic lane due to unforeseen undermining of a section of road in an area south of the NatWest building. A contractor has been engaged to undertake necessary repairs as a matter of urgency.