THE Labour Party's parlia-
mentary group has had wide
ranging discussions to de-
termine how to react to the
European and local election
results.
The internal talks are not
focussed and too much re-
mains uncertain as the Prime
Minister mulls changes to his
Cabinet.
But there is one issue no
one has dared to raise despite
being the most apparent
problem that could hamper
the party – Chris Fearne's fu-
ture as deputy leader.
Fearne resigned from Cab-
inet and deputy prime min-
ister last month after he was
charged, along with several
others, over the Vitals cor-
ruption case.
However, Fearne stayed on
as deputy leader for parlia-
mentary affairs.
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Malta faces an excessive
deficit procedure by the
European Commission.
But what does it mean?
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Cockroaches
have arrived
early this
summer
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Malta with
least educated
despite EU's
third highest
spend on
education
MALTA has one of the EU's highest shares
of people with a low level of education, Eu-
rostat data shows.
According to the EU statistics agency,
40.8% of the population has less than up-
per secondary education attainment.
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Chris Fearne and his decision to
remain deputy leader parliamentary
affairs despite resigning from Cabinet
is the elephant in the room • PL mulls
statute change to allow MPs to contest
deputy leader for party affairs post
Alex Borg, Clint Camilleri, Anton Refalo and Gozo's blue turn
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Chris Fearne on his way to Court to face charges over the Vitals case
