Consider This: Budget 2027 — The Balancing Act

Almost 3 weeks after Budget 2027 was tabled, how is the public responding to the budget? On this episode of #ConsiderThis, Melisa Idris speaks with Treasury Secretary General Tan Sri Johan Merican about the choices behind Budget 2027. With the government facing competing demands to meet public needs, manage rising subsidy costs, and reduce the fiscal deficit, how does it decide what the country can afford and what difficult trade-offs lie ahead?