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A DECORATED former States police officer has been left struggling to pay his medical costs after his tax bill trebled when a relief scheme for overseas pensioners was scrapped two years ago.

FUNDS set aside to build a classroom block at Victoria College and Victoria College Prep will instead be used to improve learning and teaching at the schools if the Treasury Minister approves a temporary transfer of money.

THE Treasury Minister was ‘surprised’ at the poor state of Jersey’s finances when he took office and has blamed the £28 million deficit he inherited on over-optimistic forecasting by his predecessors.

A STATES Member has called for action to be taken after reports that Islanders have been left waiting for as long as an hour in the customer services section of the Taxes Office.

HEALTH Minister Andrew Green has become the fifth minister to announce that he is not standing in next month’s general election.

STATES Members have just two days to complete a busy schedule next week before the Assembly disbands for the election.

SERVING politicians who are re-elected will need to step up to provide stability and leadership in the new States – which could have up to 20 new Members, an outgoing senior minister has said.

THIRTY-seven appointments to public-sector posts with salaries of more than £100,000 were approved last year – more than four times the number given the go-ahead in 2016, a new report shows.