ONE of Jersey’s top family lawyers has been nominated to head the Island’s consumer watchdog.
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Call for better deal for hard-hit pensioners
TOO many ‘make-do’ pensioners are suffering in silence as they struggle to afford basics such food, electricity and heating oil, says Senator Alan Breckon.
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Members back new Homebuy proposal
JERSEY will get a new Homebuy or shared equity scheme to create affordable housing, the States pledged on Tuesday.
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GST: Tax foreign firms, not us!
CAMPAIGNERS last night demanded new measures to tax foreign-owned companies at the first of series of public meetings calling for GST to be scrapped on food and household heating bills.
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Keep GST on food and fuel, say IoD
LESS than a week before a States decide whether to remove GST from food and domestic fuel, the Institute of Directors have urged politicians to reject the move.
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A bold plan to restore consensus
THE popularity of Senator Alan Breckon rests firmly on a reputation for common sense.
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A cause for consumer concern
OUR legislature is not noted for fleetness of foot, but it is still astonishing that States Members first agreed in principle to frame a fair trading law way back in 1993.
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Seeking a healthy outcome
IT always comes as a shock when the UK takes unilateral action which affects this Island and its residents.
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States’ reform rejected
THE States have rejected reform proposals to open up ministerial government, with the Senator behind the plans blaming ministers for blocking the moves.
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£1,250 a day
TAXPAYERS’ money is being poured into the loss-making Waterfront swimming pool at the astonishing rate of almost £1,250 per day.
