In a move which could pave the way for future debates about selling off JT – which is worth an estimated £280 million – Senator Alan Maclean has said that work on the review will start immediately. The other companies, as well as a number of States bodies, will be examined in the coming years.
It is the first time that such an investigation has ever been carried out and the minister has pledged to regularly review the issue in the future as a way to ensure ‘openness and transparency’.
Read more in Thursday’s JEP
