0% VAT and zero impact on the State Budget — Food in a two-speed country
Report on the measure of applying 0% VAT and its purported lack of effect on the State Budget (OE), and how food access and affordability differ across a country with growing economic divisions.
JPP accuses the Government of Madeira of incompetence and wasting funds
In a statement, the party lists three projects that will no longer be carried out, citing the 'manifest incompetence of the Regional Government (PSD/CDS–PP).'
Lisbon: Municipal Assembly approves budget for 2026
The proposal from the PSD/CDS-PP/IL coalition, which governs without an absolute majority, passed with the support of Chega. PS, Livre, BE, PAN, PCP and PEV voted against the planned expenditure of €1,345 million.
Lisbon Municipal Assembly approves €1.345 billion budget for this year
The Lisbon Municipal Assembly today approved the municipal budget proposal for 2026, with votes in favour from the elected members of the PSD/CDS-PP/IL coalition and Chega, and votes against from PS, Livre, BE, PAN, PCP and PEV.
09:00 — Delays in payment of aid for losses caused by the fires
09:00 report on continuing delays in disbursing government financial support and compensation to people and businesses affected by fire damage.
Five things that will shape the day
This Tuesday, the day on which the evolution of prices for 2025 will be released, the CGTP will demonstrate in the streets against the labour package, European Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque will go to Parliament to speak about the European Commission’s work programme for 2026, and the Municipal Assembly of Lisbon will vote on the budget proposal. Meanwhile ...
Government pledges €187 million to restore the ecology of rivers and streams
The government will invest €187 million over the next three years to ecologically restore rivers and streams.
Algarve municipalities approve record budgets
The municipal councils of Lagoa and Loulé have announced record budgets for 2026, increasing their spending to unprecedented levels. Loulé’s budget for this year crosses the €220 million mark, around The post Algarve municipalities approve record budgets appeared first on Portugal Resident.
Portuguese state paid around €1.5 million in compensation to prisoners since 2016
Lawyers for the inmates are demanding that the State compensate prisoners €1,000 for each month spent in inappropriate detention conditions until a comprehensive intervention in the prisons is carried out.
André Pestana doesn't want a single euro more for NATO
Presidential candidate André Pestana said Portugal should prioritise domestic social and environmental needs rather than increased defence spending, declaring he does not want “a single euro more for NATO”. He argues the fight should be against low wages and pensions, environmental degradation and the deterioration of public services, and proposes that funds currently transferred to private health providers be redirected into the National Health Service (SNS), claiming a large share of the state health budget is going to private companies.
André Pestana calls for increased investment and resources for the SNS
André Pestana says he is the only candidate for the Presidency of the Republic concerned with halting the transfer of half the SNS budget to private providers.
Gaia City Council has a €328 million budget this year
Luis Filipe Menezes's budget document criticises the former PS mayor, accusing him of 'squandering financial resources without direction in irresponsible social policy actions'.
Miguel Sousa Tavares wants to know why there isn’t €1 million to solve the hospital stretcher problem
Miguel Sousa Tavares says the Minister of Health has “already given sufficient proof of incompetence” and questions what is failing in healthcare — since, he says, “there is no lack of money” in the sector.
Special education schools to receive an extra €65 per pupil — "It's a pittance", say institutions
The current amount stands at around €650 and will rise to €716, representing a 10% increase. However, schools say this rise is insufficient to meet their expenses, especially staff costs.
Spain and Italy are expected to have lower interest rates on their public debt this year, but Portugal risks paying more
Public debt financing in 2026 will be more uneven. The US and Russia are expected to see relief in borrowing costs by the end of the year. Germany and Portugal are likely to face higher financing costs. However, Portugal's debt spread over Germany's falls to one third.
If no short- and medium-term measures are taken to correct anomalies in the SNS, I fear we will face very serious problems
João Varandas Fernandes, a specialist in health policy, argues that 'investment in health is necessary at a time when there are many superfluous expenditures', but he laments that 'this is not happening'.
Government open to renewing financial compensation to Metro Mondego in 2029
The Government will grant Metro Mondego financial compensation of €28.4 million up to 2029 for passenger transport and is open to renewing the support from that date to ensure the economic and financial sustainability of the operation.
Figueira da Foz Municipal Police expected to have 16 officers
Annual costs for a complement of 16 municipal police officers are around half a million euros.
Municipalism: the challenges 2026 already presents
Municipalities need clear rules, budgetary predictability and funding mechanisms that align with the responsibilities they actually carry out.
Cut in fuel tax brings the State an extra €200 million in one month
In the last month, an additional €6.7 million entered public coffers per day. This follows the end of the discount applied in December, when consumption rises.
Will 'letting things slide' be the main idea for the reform of the State?
By Carlos Rodrigues
New ANMP leadership raises concerns with the Government over local finance law and decentralisation
The newly elected leadership of the National Association of Portuguese Municipalities (ANMP) has formally presented its congress resolutions to the Government, raising detailed concerns about the draft law on local finances and the wider decentralisation process. The ANMP is seeking clarifications and safeguards to protect municipal budgets and competences, clearer arrangements for funding decentralisation, and secure access for municipalities to European funds under the next EU programming framework.
New ANMP leadership raises concerns with the Government over the law on local finances and decentralisation
The leadership formally presented to the Government the main resolutions that municipal leaders approved at a congress.
