The new Cabinet is the biggest in Malta’s history and the most expensive, according to an analysis carried out by The Times.

Dr Muscat’s Cabinet will cost around €32 million more for the five-year legislature than the one appointed by Lawrence Gonzi in 2008.

The 14 ministers and eight parliamentary secretaries will see costs rise from €9m to €15.4 million a year, well above the controversial €500 weekly raise given to ministers in 2008 and which would have cost public coffers €338,000 a year . Following public outcry that raise was reversed and the funds were reimbursed.

Full story in The Times.

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