Budget 2026 Debate: Pritam Singh Calls for Full Disclosure of Billions in Public Spending Amid Record Surplus

Budget 2026: MPs debate if $15.1b surplus is ammunition for the future or ‘unnecessary hoarding’

The budget surplus was more than double the $6.8 billion that the Government earlier estimated. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Pritam Singh seeks clarity on Singapore’s public spending as surplus widens

The Workers’ Party chief said ‘public cynicism’ can grow when Singaporeans do not see a clear accounting of how these funds are used.

Budget 2026 debate: Pritam Singh calls for full disclosure of billions in public spending amid record surplus

The Workers’ Party chief says the public deserves detailed “report cards” on how taxpayer funds are used.

Pritam Singh: Ministers’ bonuses should be anchored on good jobs for Singaporeans in the age of AI

SINGAPORE: On Tuesday (Feb 24), the first day of the Budget debate, Workers’ Party MP Pritam Singh (Aljunied) tackled three main topics in his speech: the current geopolitical situation; AI, jobs, and ministers’ bonuses; and fiscal surpluses in relation to high living costs. Titled “Taking care of our own,” Mr Singh, the secretary-general of the WP discussed global tensions and what they mean to Singapore society. For his second point, he referr…

WP chief Pritam Singh calls for public ‘report cards’ on major spending, questions ministerial bonus metrics

He says publicly reporting outcomes would strengthen transparency and enable MPs to better scrutinise government spending

Pritam Singh calls for 'report card' on Govt spending after record surpluses

Workers' Party (WP) chief Pritam Singh has called on the Government to provide a comprehensive "record card" of its spending after "one of the largest fiscal surpluses in decades".Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday (Feb 24), Singh said the political timing of the General Elections last May was "calculated" so that the ruling People's Action Party could use the US President...