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PRIME MINISTER Kamla Persad-Bissessar said her UNC government's first budget was all about fairness and equality as she addressed reporters at the Red House rotunda after the 2025-2026 fiscal package was delivered by Finance Minister Davendranath Tancoo on October 13.
"Fairness requires that everyone plays their part," she asserted.
The PM then justified a 0.25 per cent levy on the assets of banks and insurance companies, plus the registering of proprietors to pay a landlord business surcharge on undeclared properties they rent out for profit.
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