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 said that the advertisement by the GSD published in today's Gibraltar Chronicle and no other newspaper, “ignores all the information” set out in the Chief Minister's Budget speech and his reply to those from members of the Opposition.
The GSD notes the current dispute between the MoD and the local branch of Unite the Union and calls upon the parties to spare no effort in resolving it as soon as possible for the sake of the local workforce.
The Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia is in Brussels for a series of meetings with the European Commission and in the European Parliament. Top of the agenda are the “continuing deliberate, politically motivated and illegal controls” imposed by the Spanish authorities at the border.