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IT is likely there has been some ‘wasteful’ and ‘inappropriate’ spending by civil servants on flights, the Treasury Minister has said following more revelations about the States’ travel expenses.

CHIEF Minister Ian Gorst is due to face further questioning over civil servants’ travel expenses at Tuesday’s States sitting, and Members are due to debate whether the sale of e-cigarettes to under-18s should be banned.

TAX increases to fund a scheme to help pay for the cost of long-term care will be delayed – after States departments underspent last year.

A TAX disclosure amnesty is to be called next year to give Islanders and businesses the chance to come clean about any incorrect declarations or unpaid fees, the Treasury Minister has announced.

DECADES of failing to properly maintain Jersey’s Hospital building is why the States now needs to find millions of pounds – and a site – for a new facility, the Treasury Minister has said.

THE potential cost of borrowing to help pay for the new hospital should be lower than when a bond was issued two years ago to fund £250 million worth of improvements to social housing, the Treasury Minister has said.

MORE than £1 million has been spent funding voluntary redundancies in the Health Department alone since last year, figures show.

THE development of the Jersey International Finance Centre would not delay the building of a new hospital at the Waterfront, the Treasury Minister says.

A CIVIL servant who has faced fierce criticism after spending nearly £6,500 of taxpayers’ money on a return business class flight to South Africa has apologised to senior politicians for ‘an error of judgment’.