Agenda 23.2.26 - the Treasury Minister and his 2026 budget

About this episode

The episode features an interview with the Treasury Minister discussing the 2026 budget and its implications.

Fed up with all the hype and spin surrounding last week’s budget? Still not entirely sure what the budget was supposed to deliver? Agenda caught up with the Treasury Minister before his budget was debated in Tynwald to find out what he hoped it will achieve and why it was formed in the way we eventually saw last Tuesday. To find out what he thought before he had to react to public comment listen to this week's Agenda. It’s understandable that Chris Thomas maybe isn’t fully behind a budget that was largely constructed before he got there but he puts on a pretty good show of sounding convincing.

People in this episode

Guest: Chris Thomas

Topics covered

• budget
• Treasury Minister
• Tynwald
• public comment

Keywords

• budget debate
• government finance
• Manx economy

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Agenda

Places: Tynwald

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