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A PUBLIC-SECTOR pay freeze is the only ‘viable option’ to save £70 million in staff costs by 2019, the Treasury Minister has said following threats of industrial action.

A DECISION over plans to redevelop La Collette low-rise flats has been delayed while legal advice is sought.

PRIVATISATION of States services, public sector redundancies and income forecasts were among the topics put to the Island’s two most powerful politicians at a business breakfast.

ACCOUNTS from this year’s Jersey International Air Display will not be available for another ‘one to two weeks’, the Deputy who organises the event has said. Organiser Deputy Mike Higgins could not put an exact date on when the figures would be released to the public but said he remained ‘optimistic’ that they would not have to use funds from a £190,000 underwrite provided by the Tourism Development Fund.

THE Treasury Minister could be asked to intervene after the company responsible for Jersey’s social housing allegedly ignored a States vote to protect open space when redeveloping a St Helier site.

AROUND 2,000 Islanders recently protested against the proposed development of six office blocks on the site of the Esplanade as part of the calls for the work on the proposed Jersey International Finance Centre to be stopped.

MORE than £9.5 million has been spent by the inquiry investigating historical child abuse since it was launched last year – £1 million of which has been spent on hotels and travel.

MINISTERS have pledged to find up to £1.2 million to develop a new seaside community facility that includes a home for the Jersey Sea Cadets.

ANY further increase in the state pension age will make life more difficult for older workers who are already facing discrimination when trying to find a job, a former Senator has claimed.

A UNION has criticised the creation of a £100,000-a-year finance job in the Chief Minister’s Department as the States rolls-out the biggest cuts programme the Island has ever seen.