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A MONTH-long consultation on States proposals to provide higher education grants to Island students has been launched.

THE States could pay out almost £1.9 million in rates bills annually after an amendment to the Budget was approved yesterday.

RETAILERS are likely to face a top rate tax of 20 per cent after Members rejected proposals to halve the levy.

THE price of alcohol in Jersey has increased significantly over the last two decades, while it has remained static in the UK, a report presented to States Members has revealed.

JERSEY has been given the highest possible rating by a world trade body which assesses different jurisdictions’ compliance with international standards on tax transparency.

A DECISION on how Jersey’s new hospital should be funded should once again be delayed because planning approval has not yet been granted for the scheme, a backbench review panel has said.

THE centuries-old dual role of the Bailiff may finally be ended while same-sex marriage laws could be approved after several years of debate in what could be a States sitting of historical significance this week.

THE proposed new ‘retail tax’ on large shops would be charged at just ten per cent – and more tax placed on cigarettes, alcohol and gambling – if proposals lodged by a former Treasury Minister are approved.

MORE Islanders will have to be sent to England for treatment, the Health Minister has warned if the States Assembly reject proposals for the new hospital.