POLITICAL party Reform Jersey has lodged proposals calling for the living wage to be made mandatory for employees of the States, States-owned companies and States contractors by June next year.
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COMMENT: Time for big business to play its part by paying ‘Tesco tax’
By Lucy Stephenson
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Emails reveal Members’ thoughts after Brexit
WITH an apparent split in the Council of Ministers becoming evident, divisions among ministers over the government’s media strategy following last year’s EU referendum have been revealed.
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Fight to save flats complex green space is lost
A LONG-running battle to save an area of green space at La Collette flats has been lost following a tied vote in the States.
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States hospital funding debate: Fourth delay
A VITAL debate on funding proposals for the new Hospital has again been delayed after the plans were withdrawn at the last minute following concerns expressed by the Council of Ministers and the Assembly.
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Early concerns expressed about the Innovation Fund
A ‘WELL-PLACED and qualified’ individual withdrew his application to chair the Jersey Innovation Fund after expressing concerns about how it was being set up, it has been claimed in the States.
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‘Quick-win’ tax grabs could ‘damage future prosperity’
TAXING larger retailers could reduce key investment in staff training and products, the Chamber of Commerce has warned after proposals for a so-called Tesco Tax were unveiled.
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UPDATE: Withdrawing hospital funding plans ‘will not delay the project’
THERE will be no delays to the new hospital project even though there will be no decision on funding proposals before the autumn, the Treasury Minister has said.
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Hospital funding debate delayed – again
THE debate on how to fund the £466 million hospital has been deferred once again as a late amendment lowering the amount of borrowing has been lodged.
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Cracks begin to appear in Council of Ministers
CRACKS are beginning to appear in the Council of Ministers as ‘differing opinions’ among the Island’s most senior politicians on the Jersey Innovation Fund and hospital funding threaten to undermine ministerial government.
