Data on impact of budget cuts to be presented to opposition

The government is in the process of determining the impact the budget cuts would have and would then present this information to the opposition to prove that its claims that many workers would be placed on the breadline are not mere “idle speculations.”

Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon yesterday told reporters that once the cuts remain, on May 8 the Ministry of Finance will close the books for wages and salaries for this month.

He pointed out that the appropriations for Cabinet, the Defence Board, the presidential secretariat, the