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Does Budget 2026 Address the Needs of Ordinary Malaysians?
39 mins·15:00, 14 Oct 2025
Does Budget 2026 Address the Needs of Ordinary Malaysians?
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Guest: Arveent Kathirchelvan (Coordinator of Policy Research Bureau), Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM)
Last Friday, the Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim unveiled the RM 419.2 billion Budget 2026. This is a slightly smaller budget than last year’s. While it isn’t an austerity budget by any means and does prioritise fiscal discipline, it begs the question: Does Budget 2026 address the needs of regular Malaysians, especially from the perspective of wages, housing, social protections and more? On top of that, does this Budget do enough to push us towards becoming an economically sovereign nation?
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