PROPOSALS which would save Islanders from having to sell their homes to pay for elderly care have been published by the Social Security Minister.
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Abuse case shows inquiry is needed, says Senator
LAST week’s revelations that child protection services failed to stop a boy being abused and neglected for 12 years show that an official inquiry is needed into the management of Health and Social Services, says Senator Alan Breckon.
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New move on setting up Police Authority
AFTER years of inactivity a deadline could finally be set for a Police Authority to hold the force to account.
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Support is strong for ministerial change plan
NEXT month’s debate on changes to open up the ministerial system of government could be a walkover, after the States reform committee joined the Chief Minister and the senior Scrutiny chairman in backing the proposals.
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Retailers challenged to justify prices
RETAILERS have been accused of ripping off Islanders and hiding behind the ‘Jersey is more expensive’ claim.
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‘Give the JFSC power to fine errant firms’
JERSEY’S financial watchdog should have more powers to fine those Island companies breaking the rules, according to Senator Alan Breckon.
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Perhaps if the national papers gave this some publicity Flybe just might alter its attitude
WRITING a weekly offering such as this demands three things and that’s quite apart from the slug or three of Calvados needed just to get my heart beating at a steady rate of knots as I sit at the electronic typewriter.
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Alarms bells should be ringing
THE States, as currently constituted, are frequently criticised for not being in touch with either the man in the street or the basic realities of life in present-day Jersey. Such allegations are easily bandied about, but how sustainable are they?
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Before ‘something’ can be done States Members should see the problem for themselves
SO, where were the other 50 or so of that lot in the Big House when Alan Breckon ploughed a lonely furrow with the St Helier street cleaners very early on Saturday morning?
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There might just be a debate on States reform that doesn’t degenerate into name-calling
SOMEWHERE out there, an envelope is being given a push. Some thinking is getting a nice sky-blue paint job, and an idea is carefully being unfolded and run up a flagpole.
