{
  "id": 6238475,
  "title": "Singapore tightens national bonus criteria for political salaries, including unemployment, income growth",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/singapore-tightens-national-bonus-criteria-for-political-salaries",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-08T05:13:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Business Times - Singapore",
    "slug": "the-business-times-singapore",
    "url": "https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/singapore/singapore-tightens-national-bonus-criteria-political-salaries-including-unemployment-income-growth"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Singapore government has announced plans to tighten the targets for the National Bonus, a variable component of political salaries, based on three socioeconomic indicators. These indicators include the unemployment rate, real income growth for median and lower-income Singaporeans, and real GDP growth. The government accepted the recommendations from the political salaries review committee to revise all four targets. The unemployment rate target will be tightened from a range of 4 to below 4.5 percent to 3 to below 3.5 percent. The real income growth target for median Singaporeans will be tightened from 2 to below 3 percent to 2.5 to below 3.5 percent, while the target for lower-income Singaporeans will move from 2 to below 3 percent to 3 to below 4 percent. For real GDP growth, the target band will be updated from 3 to 5 percent to 2 to 4 percent. The revised National Bonus criteria will take effect from January 1, 2027.",
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    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Business Times - Singapore",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/singapore-must-act-now-to-raise-political-salaries-says-pm-wong",
        "published": "2026-09-08T04:10:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Mothership",
        "title": "PM Wong to donate pay increment for next 5 years following adjustment of political salaries",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/pm-wong-to-donate-pay-increment-for-next-5-years-following-adjustment",
        "published": "2026-09-08T09:30:41.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}