JAMES
DEBONO
jdebono@mediatoday.com.mt
mt SURVEY
maltatoday | SUNDAY • 17 NOVEMBER 2024
BUDGET GIVEN 3 OUT OF 5 POINTS
24% SAY BUDGET WILL LEAVE THEM WITH MORE MONEY IN THEIR
POCKET IN CONTRAST TO 15% WHO FEEL BEING LEFT WORSE OFF
THE budget has been positively re-
ceived across the board with respond-
ents to a MaltaToday survey giving it a
mean score of 3 points out of a maxi-
mum of 5.
The budget rating ranged from
2.4 among current PN voters to 3.9
among current Labour voters. Signif-
icantly, current non-voters have giv-
en the budget a rating of 2.8 out of 5.
The survey started a week after
Clyde Caruana delivered the budget
and coincided with the budget reac-
tion speeches given by Opposition
leader Bernard Grech and Prime
Minister Robert Abela.
A breakdown by age suggests that
the budget has been most positively
received by pensioners who give it a
rating of 3.3. However, all other age
groups have given the budget a posi-
tive rating of more than 2.9.
On a regional level, the budget
was most positively received in the
South-eastern region, where re-
spondents gave it a score of 3.5 out
of five.
Crucially, the budget was given a
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