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WP chief Pritam Singh supports MP allowance increase, questions mayors’ wages and roles
Mr Singh also called for the allowances of legislative assistants and secretarial assistants to be reviewed.
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Enhanced childcare leave details to be announced in early 2027: Indranee Rajah
The government is working with employers and tripartite partners on how to implement the expanded childcare leave scheme, including measures to help companies manage staffing gaps.
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Changes to Singapore’s political salary framework to be debated in parliament
The changes include a one-off pay increase of up to 9 per cent for political office holders and wider salary ranges for ministers.
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Commentary: To discuss ministerial salary increases, we need to start by being clear about opportunity costs
When too few capable leaders come forward, what Singapore loses in the long run cannot be easily remedied after the fact, says Christopher Gee from the Institute of Policy Studies.
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Singapore studying food donations past ‘best by’ date; MPs back motion on food resilience, waste reduction
Each person in Singapore generates about 128kg of food waste annually, said MP Poh Li San, one of the motion’s proposers.
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No current plans to designate Tagore forest as a nature reserve: Chee Hong Tat
The forest located near Upper Thomson Road is zoned for residential use.
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Police get powers to order banks, telcos to share info, disable scam accounts after new law passed
During the debate, Members of Parliament raised concerns about innocent people who may wrongly get their bank accounts suspended and asked questions about the powers of civilian specialist officers.
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Three complaints of NS-related workplace discrimination lodged from 2024 to 2025
Employers found to have breached guidelines are made to correct their practices, and may in serious cases have their work pass privileges suspended, says the Manpower Ministry.
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MPs raise concerns over shorter timeline for signature collection as law passed to lower en bloc thresholds
Replacement costs and support for elderly residents were also mentioned by MPs during the debate.
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Snap Insight: Political salaries review timely, but will it be enough to attract next generation of leaders?
There is also a cost to not attracting the talent needed to steer Singapore in more complicated times, says former Nominated Member of Parliament Nicholas Fang.
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