Clyde Caruana says the budget is cast in stone as far as he is concerned, but Labour officials, MPs and unions are lobbying for more humanity in dealing with non-EU workers 

Accommodation Minister Owen Bonnici insists 'foreign workers benefit from many of the measures' the PL introduced • PL claims to expose 'leaked details' of Alex Borg's budget replica 

Home Affairs Minister Glenn Bedingfield and Police Commissioner Angelo Gafa say no one is perfect, as they defend the police force over a number of gaffes that led to acquittals 

Economist JP Fabri believes Budget 2027 was not as ambitious as it could have been to boost Malta’s productivity. He sits down with Matthew Farrugia to discuss the budget’s outcome and the possible ramifications of the punitive measures against foreign workers 

Prime Minister Robert Abela insists foreign workers are paid according to their sector, despite Central Bank figures showing the median TCN earnings are 38% below the national average

Public figures show that in 2024, 34.4% of all non-EU citizens earned €12,000 or less, while 75% of all TCNs earned no more €20,000

Labour MP and former equality junior minister Rebecca Buttigieg rejects the notion that punitive measures against TCNs foster a sense of discrimination against foreign workers from outside the EU

Prime Minister Robert Abela believes that the presumption that third-country nationals are poorly paid is 'mistaken'