ARTICLE · 03 JANUARY 2018

2017 Throne Speech: A Brief Summary Of The Parliamentary Agenda

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A new Progressive Labour Party Government signalled its intention to build "a better and fairer Bermuda" by "ensuring social mobility and removing social inequality" through economic growth when its legislative agenda ...

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Agathe Holowatinc

A new Progressive Labour Party Government signalled its intention to build "a better and fairer Bermuda" by "ensuring social mobility and removing social inequality" through economic growth when its legislative agenda for the forthcoming parliamentary year was unveiled in the Speech from the Throne delivered on the opening of Parliament on Friday the 8th of September following the party's landslide election in July.

Describing Bermuda as the most expensive country to live in 2016, the new Government announced its priorities would be: reducing the cost of living; creating more jobs for Bermudians; and growing the Bermuda economy.

Some of the key specifics on how the PLP Government proposes to achieve these aims set out in the Speech were:

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