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Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat to deliver S’pore Budget 2021 statement on 16 February

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat will be delivering…

PSP chief Tan Cheng Bock: Unelected NMPs can never really understand the needs of the electorate

Singapore should do away with the Nominated Members of Parliament (NMP) scheme,…

Arts community issues open call for candidates to serve as next Arts Nominated Member of Parliament

The arts community, which encompasses the visual and performing arts sectors as…

Indranee Rajah says WP did not argue against amendments; fails to mention how the party was “ambushed” in full motion

In explaining the amendments made to the motion proposed by The Workers’…

WP’s Leon Perera calls for ombudsman system to be set up as avenue for redress against public agencies, highlights Law Minister’s past support for the idea

An ombudsman should be set up to handle investigations on complaints made…

Minister Shanmugam thinks Parti Liyani is not the person who filed complaint on police officers’ conduct

Parti Liyani, a former domestic worker who was acquitted of four theft…

Migrant workers face “steep power imbalances” when dealing with employers and authorities, says WP’s Gerald Giam

Migrant workers in Singapore face “steep power imbalances” when dealing with employers…

WP MP Sylvia Lim urges Govt to review criminal justice system, ensure it does not oppress the poor

The Workers’ Party (WP) Member of Parliament (MP) Sylvia Lim has called…

PAP’s amendment have ‘changed the meaning and sense’ of the motion to review Singapore’s justice system, says WP’s Leon Perera

A day after the Parliament spent hours discussing Workers’ Party (WP) MP…