Scicluna had resisted additional funding to Steward in 2019, court told

Chris Fearne and Edward Scicluna seen outside court. File photo by Chris Sant Fournier.

Former Finance Minister Edward Scicluna had pulled the brakes in 2019 on the payment of an additional €10 million to Steward Healthcare at the request of then Tourism Minister Konrad Mizzi, and had sought Cabinet approval, the Cabinet Secretary, Ryan Spagnol, told a court on Thursday.That, he said, sparked a “hospitals concession clarification discussion” as...