THE next Treasury Minister will need to find more than £25 million of funding and raise taxes to cover additional costs during the next States term, the current minister has warned.
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Senator Bailhache to bow out
EXTERNAL Relations Minister Sir Philip Bailhache has become the latest senior politician to announce he will not be seeking re-election next month.
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Politicians approve hospital funding plans
THE States will borrow up to £275 million to build the new hospital after Members finally approved the funding proposals for the project following almost two days’ of debate.
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Debate retail tax again, says Constable who missed tied vote
PROPOSALS to halve the top rate of a controversial retail tax should be brought back before the new States Assembly, a Constable has said after a ‘private matter’ meant he missed a tied vote on the issue.
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The angry man who was always happy to tackle public spending
After 12 years in the States, most recently as Treasury Minister, Senator Alan Maclean has decided not to seek re-election. He talks to Lucy Stephenson about the highs and los of his political career – including the time his ringbinder made a £10 million decision for him…
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University fees: £150k threshold is ‘too high’
THE plans to pay tuition fees for university students from Jersey could be changed following feedback from a public consultation.
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States to pay university tuition fees
ALL students heading to university next September could have access to a grant for some or all of their tuition fees.
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States vote to pay staff living wage
ALL States staff and those working for sub-contractors employed by government will be paid at least the living wage from this summer following what the Chief Minister has described as an ‘historic’ decision by politicians yesterday.
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Hospital funding debate will go ahead next week
THE funding debate over the Future Hospital project will go ahead next week as scheduled, despite calls for it to be postponed because planning permission for the site has not yet been granted.
