Tag: budget 2024
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VeggyMalta and Vuċi għall-Annimali present key proposals for upcoming national budget
VeggyMalta and VuÄ‹i għall-Annimali have collaborated to submit a series of comprehensive proposals for the upcoming national budget. These proposals are aimed at improving animal welfare in Malta, promoting sustainable practices, and addressing the long-overdue commitments to the animal rights sector. Below are the key suggestions that these organisations believe should be considered as part…
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Budget 2024: Paying off Robert Abela’s election campaign
The budget announced yesterday for 2024 was practically, uneventful with two distinct stories emerging from the financial estimates. There is the story of austerity where Clyde Caruana is struggling to cap the government expenditure at these levels due to serious concerns over excessive government spending, and then there is the story of Robert Abela who…
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Robert Abela wants to keep the minimum wage below €1,000 up til 2027
I still haven’t understood what is so exciting about Robert Abela’s announced minimum wage increases. According to the average COLA increase, with these figures, the minimum wage is set to remain below €1,000 by 2027. As of next year, the minimum wage will be €854 per month (pre-taxes). There was also no discussion on the…
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Robert Abela wants to keep the minimum wage below €1,000 up til 2027
I still haven’t understood what is so exciting about Robert Abela’s announced minimum wage increases. According to the average COLA increase, with these figures, the minimum wage is set to remain below €1,000 by 2027. As of next year, the minimum wage will be €854 per month (pre-taxes). There was also no discussion on the…
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Finance Minister Clyde Caruana confirms that importers are hiking prices excessively through monopoly power
In his interview published today in The Times of Malta, the Minister for Finances Clyde Caruana has confirmed that large importers with monopoly power in Malta are excessively hiking prices for surplus profits with their monopoly power. The main case of such price hikes being discussed publicly right now are the price hikes by major…
