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.