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Does Budget 2025 Address the Needs of the Working Class?

Arveent Kathirchelvan, Central Committee Member, Parti Sosialis Malaysia

22-Oct-24 15:00

Does Budget 2025 Address the Needs of the Working Class?

Last Friday, the MADANI government unveiled the RM 421 billion Budget 2025, up from the RM 393.8 billion budget tabled at the end of last year. The question is: Does the budget address the needs of the working class, particularly the B40 and the middle class? 

We speak to Arveent Kathirchelvan, Central Committee Member, Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM).

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Produced by: Dashran Yohan

Presented by: Dashran Yohan


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Categories:  politics,  government,  economy,  Law/Activism

Tags:  the bigger picture,  beyond the ballot box,  Budget-2025-Mahsing ⁠,  Budget 2025,  working class,  mininum wage,  progressive taxation, 


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