JERSEY should not think about increasing its population to 100,000 as the Island cannot cope with the amount of people it already has, a local charity has warned.
Autism Jersey has hit back at Chief Minister Terry Le Sueur’s suggestion that the Island could cope with another 10,000 people.
‘That is only if they do not have a disability,’ said the charity’s chief executive Philip Le Claire, who is urging the States to invest in the Island’s vulnerable and their families.
This month the charity was told that the budget for psychology services was to be slashed by the Health department.
Mr Le Claire (pictured) said: ‘We have been inundated with messages of support and sadly we have been hearing real horror stories since the JEP ran the article on Saturday, many of which are too personal to those affected, or the families are simply too scared to come forward for fear of losing the little help that they already receive.
