Economic Development at the Heart of New Look Government
MHK for Rushen Juan Watterson has been speaking to 3FM about the challenges faced by the newly formed Department for Economic Development.
The aim of the Department will be to generate new streams of income for the Island which then can go towards keeping taxation down and plugging the budget holes left by the ending of the VAT sharing arrangement.
The Rushen MHK has said they have their work cut out for them:
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