Jun 29 - Spark: “This Has Never Been About Sour Grapes”
The Spark Group of Companies says that it stands by its decision to commission a report into the safety of an LNG facility in Gibraltar.
The Spark Group of Companies says that it stands by its decision to commission a report into the safety of an LNG facility in Gibraltar.
The GSD has this afternoon said that the Government “keeps on repeating nonsense hoping that some of it sticks.” This time, says the party, it says that the GSD voted in favour of the Budget and that somehow that detracts from the validity of its arguments about “out of control” Government spending and the use of the Gibraltar Savings Bank to fund Government expenditure and projects.
The Government said the budget for 2015/16 was passed unanimously by Parliament on Thursday of last week with the five members of the opposition present voting in favour of the departmental expenditure of £453 million and Improvement and Development Fund Capital spending of £94.6 million.
The Government of Gibraltar is today making public its expert assessment of the Lloyd’s Register report which was commissioned by the GSD.
Today’s advice focuses on Burglary.
Following the Chief Minister’s parliamentary budgetary session, Unite says it has had an opportunity to reflect on the measures contained within his intervention and regards these as “steps in the right direction in order to meet the aspirations of the working class in Gibraltar.”
The new Gibraltar Operational Programme for the European Social Fund (ESF) for 2014-2020 has been approved by the EU Commission, and this year the programme's goal is to target investment for growth and more jobs.
The Leader of the Opposition Daniel Feetham should stop playing the victim and grow up, according to a statement from Number Six. The Government says that the Leader of the Opposition “needs to understand that if he is going to make unfounded claims and accusations against the Government, then the Government is not going to take this lying down.”