PM Says Budget 2027 “Rebalances” Policy To Favour Law-Abiding Citizens

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says Budget 2027 is a “rebalancing of policy” that will benefit “law abiding hard working honest citizens”, as the national budget moves to the Senate this week after passing in the House of Representatives.

In a statement on her social media page, the Prime Minister said all members of the government voted in favour of the budget in the House. The debate now continues in the Senate in the coming week.

According to the Prime Minister, Budget 2027 makes provisions for increased salaries, backpay, payments for goods and services, social support, and development programmes and projects. She said it also cuts spending on what she described as “wasteful welfare schemes, ghost employees and failed projects and programs”.