Gorst claims spending plan will put Jersey in a ‘good place’

Tomorrow politicians are due to begin debating the Island’s financial future up to 2019 as ministers seek approval of the Medium Term Financial Plan Addition.

Proposals contained in that document, which is designed to help the Island plug an impending £113 million financial black hole by 2019, include the introduction of new charges on healthcare and waste disposal and millions of pounds of cuts and savings to the budgets of States departments.

Ahead of the debate, Chief Minister Ian Gorst has called on politicians and Islanders to listen to the advice of the government’s panel of economic advisors – the Fiscal Policy Panel – which has said that if it sticks with the plan Jersey will be in a ‘good place for the future’.

Read more in the news focus, on pages 8 and 9, of Monday’s JEP.

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