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A NEW dedicated Brexit planning team in the States has been allocated £1.75 million to help it fight for Jersey’s interests during the UK’s negotiations to leave the EU.

MINISTERS should reveal full details of how they intend to cut States spending before asking the States to approve the plan, a backbench politician has said.

ISLANDERS are being warned to expect further cuts to public spending in the wake of the Brexit vote.

STATES Members who travel out of the Island frequently on business are given parking permits for the Airport, the JEP has learned.

MORE tenants have become interested in moving into the International Finance Centre since the first office block started being built, the Treasury Minister says.

THE Island’s credit rating has been downgraded after the UK’s exit from the European Union.

ISLANDERS already facing a recently announced health charge could be hit by a further tax hike to fund the new hospital, the Treasury Minister has said.

THE Treasury Minister, Alan Maclean, has welcomed recommendations that no further budget cuts or tax increases should be introduced in Jersey before 2019 despite the Island’s worsening economic prospects.

INTRODUCING a health charge in Jersey may not be a popular proposal, but it is the right thing to do to prepare for the future, the Health Minister says.

THE States may have to raid the ‘Rainy Day Fund’ if Brexit seriously damages the Island’s economy, a panel of independent economists have warned.