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Feetham pledges continued lobbying as UK raises machine gaming tax 

The UK Chancellor John Healey announced Wednesday that he will increase gambling taxes to pay for a high street support package, with machine gaming duty climbing to 25 per cent.  While the increase is lower than the 40 per cent which was feared and campaigned for by some Labour MPs, it is still expected to...

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Unite regains Bus Company bargaining rights after ‘landmark’ GGCA pay deal 

Unite the Union secured bargaining rights for the Gibraltar Bus Company Ltd (GBCL) workers just as the Gibraltar General and Clerical Association (GGCA) announced a “landmark agreement” with the Government delivering improvements in pay progression, staffing levels, working conditions and employee benefits for staff.  The issue of changing hands stems from the fact that bargaining...

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Govt liaises with UK authorities after train accident in Spain

The Gibraltar Government is liaising with UK authorities to establish whether any Gibraltarians or Gibraltar residents were affected by a fatal train accident in Spain. The accident involved two trains travelling between Seville and Madrid and occurred during the school mid-term break, when many Gibraltar families travel to Spain. The Gibraltar Government said it had...

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GSD questions Govt’s change to procurement rules 

The GSD has called on the Government to explain whether it intends to award a concession without tender following changes to procurement rules, and to identify who would benefit.  The Opposition questioned the purpose of a Government amendment to procurement rules to allow concession contracts to be negotiated in specified circumstances without prior publication of...

UK/Spain News

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CAMPO - Jacinto Muñoz sworn in as Algeciras mayor after vote of no confidence in Landaluce

Jacinto Muñoz Madrid has been sworn in as mayor of Algeciras after a motion of no confidence in his predecessor, Jose Ignacio Landaluce, and proposing Mr Muñoz successfully passed throught the council legislature.  Mr Muñoz secured 15 votes in favour, including 12 from councillors of the Partido Popular (PP) and three from Vox, with PSOE...

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CAMPO - First phase of La Línea’s Princesa Sofía park refurbishment complete

La Línea city council has signed off on the first phase of the Princesa Sofía park this week, with councillor for infrastructure Yolanda Fernández making a final inspection tour before work began on phase two.  The park now boasts a perimeter fence and gates, two ponds, a new children’s play area and the planting of...

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Campo - Eighteen arrested on charges of smuggling cocaine through Algeciras port

Spain’s Guardia Civil reports dismantling a criminal network suspected of smuggling cocaine into Spain through the port of Algeciras with the assistance of dockworkers.  Eighteen people have been arrested, including eight port employees, in connection with four cocaine seizures totalling 139.28kg at the port.  The report describes the suspects as well organised, with some specialising...

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Algeciras mayor Landaluce to resign on October 25

Mayor of Algeciras Jose Ignacio Landaluce has announced that he will resign on October 25, bringing an end to 15 years of his leadership of the city council. Mr Landaluce made his statement via a Facebook video after receiving a summons to appear in court on October 23 to answer two allegations of sexual assault....