Tobago MPs to work with Govt despite budget concerns

Ke­jan Haynes

To­ba­go's two Mem­bers of Par­lia­ment have pledged to work with the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) Gov­ern­ment to ad­vance the is­land's de­vel­op­ment agen­da, de­spite con­cerns over a re­duc­tion in To­ba­go's di­rect al­lo­ca­tion un­der the 2027 na­tion­al bud­get.

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Speak­ing dur­ing Sat­ur­day night's bud­get de­bate, To­ba­go West MP Joel Samp­son and To­ba­go East MP David Thomas, both of the To­ba­go Peo­ple's Par­ty (TPP), de­fend­ed their de­ci­sion to work close­ly with the Gov­ern­ment, ar­gu­ing that dis­agree­ments over fund­ing should not stand in the way of se­cur­ing re­sults for To­bag­o­ni­ans.