Next year’s Budget plans set out a freeze on fuel duty and 5% rises in duty on alcohol and tobacco.
Treasury Minister Philip Ozouf said that the Budget he was presenting to the States did not contain the kind of bad news for Islanders that the previous two had.
His third Budget will be the last proposition debated by the current States Members before the newly-elected House takes over.
• See Friday’s JEP for details of the proposals
