MEMBERS of newly formed political movement Value Jersey donated 200 cans of baked beans to a local food bank this week, following a protest staged outside the States Chamber during the government’s Budget debate.
The cans were originally stacked in the Royal Square last week as a symbolic protest against what the group described as the government “kicking the can down the road” on long-term economic and financial planning.
This week, the group delivered the tins to the St Vincent de Paul Jersey food bank, saying the donation was intended both to support families struggling with rising living costs and to highlight what they see as the absence of a credible plan to address Jersey’s economic challenges.
Value Jersey member Rowland Huelin said: “This Christmas, families around the Island are struggling with an increasingly expensive Jersey.
“Food banks have been telling us that the number of people who rely upon them is unprecedented.
“St Vincent de Paul is doing an amazing job on the front line, but we have to fix the underlying issues; Jersey needs to start making more money and our government needs to spend it better.
“This government needs to understand that kicking the can is not a plan.ˮ
