CM drops legal challenge to Openshaw findings 

GSD says it would stop Pelagos data centre project 

11th November 2026

The GSD has said that, if elected into Government, the party would stop the proposed £1.8b Pelagos data centre at Gibraltar’s North Mole.  The Opposition was setting out its position after a demonstration on Saturday morning over various concerns including reclamation, pollution and the data centre.  The proposed 250MW facility centre has drawn mounting concern...

‘Unprecedented’ £250m corporate tax revenue, Feetham says at Prediction Markets Summit 

11th November 2026

The Minister for Justice, Trade and Industry, Nigel Feetham, confirmed that over £250m in additional corporate tax revenues had been raised through his National Tax Strategy over the past three years, during his opening address at the Prediction Markets Summit Europe on Tuesday morning.  The conference, held at the Sunborn, brought together global regulators, leading...

CM drops legal challenge to Openshaw findings 

11th November 2026

Chief Minister Fabian Picardo has dropped his claim for judicial review to challenge critical findings of him made in the Openshaw Report.  His decision comes after the Royal Gibraltar Police apologised to Hassans senior partner James Levy, KC, for causing him “personal and professional embarrassment” through the “procedurally flawed” way it applied for warrants to...

Openshaw findings ‘have not changed’, McGrail says 

11th November 2026

Former police Commissioner Ian McGrail said on Tuesday that the Chief Minister’s decision to drop his claim for judicial review meant the findings of the McGrail Inquiry report “are now final and cannot be further challenged”, adding: “The findings have not changed.”  In a statement issued through his lawyer Charles Gomez, Mr McGrail said the...

PP to seek ‘responsible dialogue’ with UK on treaty consequences if in Spanish government

11th November 2026

The Partido Popular (PP) would “resume a responsible dialog with UK to review the treaty consequences” if it forms the next Spanish Government, according to its manifesto ahead of the November 29 general election.  The manifesto was published on Tuesday and Gibraltar is mentioned in only one paragraph of the document, under point 241, headed “Gibraltar is...

CAMPO - La Línea council seeks seat on cross-border environment committee

9th November 2026

La Línea city council has formally requested the Spanish government include a local representative on the cross-border committee dealing with environmental issues that was agreed in the EU-UK treaty.  The petition was submitted to the Spanish ministries of Exteriores and Transición Ecológica following the committee’s first meeting on October 26.  A La Línea city hall...

CAMPO - November 11 general strike march scheduled to start at border

9th November 2026

One of the marches planned to mark Spain's general strike on November 11 will begin on the La Línea side of the border at 6pm that day, timed to coincide with cross-border workers returning from work in Gibraltar.  Earlier, at noon, another demonstration will take place in Algeciras, starting from the Plaza Alta at the...

Campo unemployment rises for third month, to 24,000 people

7th November 2026

October’s unemployment figures for the Campo de Gibraltar showed numbers rising for a third month, an additional 196 people out of work bringing the total to 24,039.  The statistics show a pattern where the wider services sector, in fields such as hospitality and retail, accounted for the largest proportion of unemployment, with women and people...