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The Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) has warned that the 2026 national budget risks worsening cost-of-living pressures and eroding the real incomes of workers, especially those in lower-income and informal sectors.
In a detailed analysis, the union said the government’s continued deficit spending and growing debt burden could “crowd out capital and social spending,” while new levies—such as the electricity charge and landlord business tax—would ultimately pass costs on to ordinary citizens.
“The citizens are no longer interested in promises made but proper governance from the hands of the PNM administration who have glaringly showed the country they did not care,” the CWU said.
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