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.
Here’s the full text of Elliott Phillips' Budget address:
Mr Speaker this is my seventh budget and sixth contribution to the debate on the Appropriation Bill currently before the House.
Mr Speaker before I get to the substance of my address, I echo the thanks expressed by members of this House in relation to your team here at Parliament for the work they do all year around to support members of the House irrespective of the side of the House we sit on.
The Government says the recent statement by the GSD on the ending of reciprocal healthcare arrangements between Gibraltar and Spain is "total nonsense".
British art critic, writer and broadcaster Matthew Collings has visited Gibraltar this week to meet with the nine artists selected to represent the Rock in London at an Exhibition at Bermondsey Project Space.
This week saw the official launch of Gibraltar’s first Business Improvement District (BID). The not-for-profit organisation will professionally manage the BID area and deliver on a five year business plan to improve the trading environment for the 1000+ businesses within it.