Taiwan's government is raising pay for soldiers, civil servants and teachers, a win for public workers but also a new front in the fight between the ruling DPP and the opposition.

• The cabinet's 2027 central government budget includes a 4% pay raise for military personnel, civil servants and teachers.
• Soldiers get an extra monthly payment on top, backdated to the start of July.
• The DPP says this is its fifth raise for public workers in ten years in power, versus one raise under Ma Ying-jeou's eight years.
• The cabinet refused to countersign an opposition-backed pay bill, calling it unconstitutional because only the cabinet may draft budgets, not the legislature.

Outlook: The budget now goes to a legislature controlled by the opposition, so expect a drawn-out fight over both the raise and who gets credit for it.