Etiqueta 'Budgetary stability'
Tax cuts set to push the Balearics into the red
In principle, a regional government cannot have a budget deficit.
Town halls
Town halls spending restrictions need amending
Alcudia, whose fair it is this weekend, has the highest surplus of any town hall.
Finance
Alcudia demanding the right to spend its reserves
56 million euros in the bank, and the town hall isn't allowed to spend it.
Police
Nearly all Majorca's town halls need more police
Over 380 more local police officers are needed across the Balearics.
Police
Government plans reform of local police organisation
The system of taking on interim officers to add to the full-time forces has provoked “high instability and insecurity among the officers.”
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