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Increase in financial assistance for social partnersState funding of all therapy costs for neurodivergent children up to age 18Gradual phase-out of plastic packaging in supermarketsBan on use of public land in development zones for speculative projectsReturn of Manoel Island and Fort Tigné to public useLegal amendments to protect parks and gardens from future developmentOverseas voting through Maltese embassiesDigitalisation and AI policy package€55 million breakwater project at St ElmoReopening of police stationsIncrease in financial assistance for social partnersState funding of all therapy costs for neurodivergent children up to age 18Gradual phase-out of plastic packaging in supermarketsBan on use of public land in development zones for speculative projectsReturn of Manoel Island and Fort Tigné to public useLegal amendments to protect parks and gardens from future developmentOverseas voting through Maltese embassiesDigitalisation and AI policy package€55 million breakwater project at St ElmoReopening of police stations

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The Labour Party has proposed lowering the age for breast cancer screening and bowel cancer blood tests to people aged 45 and over as part of a wider healthcare plan announced today. The party also unveiled plans to introduce lung cancer screening for high risk individuals, alongside prostate cancer screening for men turning 55. People … Continued • ]]>

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