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Ryan Hamilton-Davis and Andrew Gioannetti

WHEN Finance Minister Davendranath Tancoo steps into Parliament on October 13 to deliver his first budget, he will do so with the weight of a manifesto, a mandate, and a mountain of expectations.

The five-month-old UNC administration, elected in a landslide in April, has spent the better part of its tenure laying the groundwork for what it calls a “people-first” transformation. Now, the numbers must speak.