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Opposition attempting to muddle official statistics for political mileage
STATEMENT BY THE MINISTRY FOR FINANCE The Minister for Finance, Prof. Edward Scicluna is disappointed to note the Opposition’s attempts to muddle official statistics for political mileage. The Minister for Finance refers to the News Release on the Gainfully-Occupied Population for April 2014 published by the NSO on Thursday 11th August 2014. On the…
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Public Consultation Meeting at Grand Hotel Excelsior – Floriana – 15th September 2014
Addressing a pre-budget public consultation meeting, Finance Minister Edward Scicluna this evening said that social protection systems promote an equitable and inclusive society, however they may give rise to dependency and passivity, and are prone to fraud and other abuse. [nggallery id=210] He said that over the past 15 months, the government had…