In final budget speech as CM, Picardo defends record and dismisses GSD’s ‘scaremongering’

Sanchez presses Government for answers on Rooke elderly care project

17th July 2026

Shadow Minister for Care Atrish Sanchez raised questions over the future of the Rooke elderly care facility during her budget address, calling for greater transparency over its cost, operation and role in Gibraltar's elderly care provision. Ms Sanchez said the development had originally been presented as an elderly residential care facility to help meet the...

Housing demand continues to outstrip supply, Orfila tells Parliament

17th July 2026

The Minister for Housing, Pat Orfila, said the department continues to receive more housing applications than it can supply, describing the pressure on the housing system as one of the Government's greatest challenges. Delivering her Budget address in Parliament, Ms Orfila said the Housing Department received 494 applications between June 1, 2025 and April 30,...

Sanchez criticises delays to parental leave and lack of childcare reforms

17th July 2026

Shadow Minister for Care Atrish Sanchez said working families continue to face significant challenges because promised reforms to parental leave and childcare have yet to materialise, despite years of consultation. Speaking during her Budget address, Ms Sanchez said Gibraltar still had no statutory paid paternity leave or statutory shared parental leave, describing this as one...

In final budget speech as CM, Picardo defends record and dismisses GSD’s ‘scaremongering’

16th July 2026

Chief Minister Fabian Picardo dismissed the Opposition’s portrayal of Gibraltar as facing a financial and governance crisis in a budget reply, adding the UK/EU treaty, economic growth and sustained investment in public services demonstrated a markedly different picture. The Opposition’s arguments and criticism of the Government failed to grapple with the detail of the estimates...

Andy Burnham vows to give people ‘hope back’ as he becomes Labour leader

17th July 2026

By Sophie Wingate, Press Association Deputy Political Editor Andy Burnham has vowed to give people “hope back” and “the Labour they once knew” as he officially became the party’s new leader. He said he is “ready to lead” as he took the governing party’s reins at a special conference at the Trades Union Congress headquarters...

Bringing down the border fence 'represents the future’

16th July 2026

The dismantling of the border fence prompted emotional scenes on both sides of the frontier as residents of Gibraltar and La Linea gathered to witness a moment many had waited decades to see. Ahead of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s visit, crowds filled the area around the former frontier, with neighbours embracing as police controls...

Moreno secures second term after PP seals coalition deal with Vox

2nd July 2026

Juan Manuel Moreno was on Thursday sworn in as President of the Junta de Andalucía after securing the backing of the Andalusian Parliament following a coalition agreement between the Partido Popular and Vox. Moreno secured 68 votes in favour and 41 against in the second round of the investiture debate, giving him the simple majority...

Commons to debate Gib treaty on July 8 ahead of formal ratification

2nd July 2026

The House of Commons will debate the UK/EU treaty on Gibraltar next week, even before the formal ratification process has commenced. The debate appears in the Commons order paper for Wednesday July 8, where it is listed for 9.30am under the title “That this House has considered the draft UK-EU Agreement on Gibraltar”, with Conservative...