Members showed their approval in the customary way by stamping their feet as the minister presented his draft policies to cut taxes for low and middle-income earners and introduce tax breaks for parents with children at university.
But the budget proposals were criticised by several members of Jersey’s commercial sector, who said that they had not done enough to stimulate economic growth and left the drinks’ industry fearing that Jersey may one day have the most expensive beer in Europe.
• See Wednesday’s JEP for more
