In a marathon budget reply, thought to be the longest in living memory, stretching over two sittings of the House of Assembly, the sole opposition voice delivered a scathing critique of the current administration, promising a Democratic Labour Party (DLP) administration would tackle pressing issues head-on.Those issues included soaring electricity rates, sports development, and police reform, said Leader of the Opposition Ralph Thorne in a wide-ranging condemnation of the Barbados Labour Party’s handling of electricity prices.He argued that high electricity rates were exacerbating inflation and affecting economic growth.
