In this year’s Budget statement, I outline the next steps in our continuing reforms, and announce new targeted measures. Both consistency and focus must be applied to overcome global uncertainty and local difficulties, and to achieve our vision – our long-term social and economic goals. The setting for this year’s budget is that our challenges have multiplied, but our people’s needs have also continued to increase: the needs of our young people, our elders, families on very low incomes – and especially our people on the outer islands. We cannot, and will not, ignore those needs. We are making a concerted effort, through our policies and expenditures, to address these needs and we will enlist the support of our development partners in this endeavour.
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