A ‘SIGNIFICANT cause’ of financial hardship among Jersey residents is the overpayment of income support benefits – with claimants often being driven to food banks while they pay back the debt – according to the Salvation Army. And a Scrutiny panel has heard that some Islanders have reportedly considered suicide as a result of the […]
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No confidence vote in panel chair to be debated this week
THE chair of a Scrutiny panel, which has been in disarray over allegations of unprofessional behaviour from two of its members, could be ousted from his position during this week’s States sitting. A vote of no confidence has been lodged in Deputy Geoff Southern – who chairs the Health and Social Security Scrutiny Panel, with […]
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Minister: Package of measures needed to drop cost of GP visits
THE cost of GP appointments could fall significantly as part of a raft of measures being considered by the Social Security Minister. Last week, Deputy Elaine Millar has confirmed that she intends to bring forward plans which would provide a ‘decent reduction’ to the cost of visiting a GP. The proposals will include measures to […]
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Mortgage misery: Banks say they will help out Islanders
JERSEY’S banks have agreed to ‘operate within the spirit’ of a UK package of measures which aims to help homeowners facing a so-called ‘mortgage timebomb’. Rocketing interest rates have pushed monthly payments on tracker and variable mortgages up by hundreds of pounds – leaving many people across the British Isles on the brink. And thousands […]
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Chief Minister takes over financial services remit after minister's Petty Debts summons
THE Chief Minister is taking over responsibilities for financial services – after recently defending a minister following his third Petty Debts summons in three months. Days ago Deputy Kristina Moore said that ministers should be judged by ‘how they perform in their official role rather than their private lives’, but in a statement issued on […]
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Outgoing Chief Minister calls for work to continue as new Council steps up
JERSEY’S new government has been urged by former Chief Minister Kristina Moore not to ditch the work of the previous administration. In a handover letter sent to her replacement, Deputy Lyndon Farnham, Deputy Moore called for a “smooth transition” between the two ministerial teams to ensure stability. Deputy Farnham’s new-look Council of Ministers was elected […]
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Campaigning for cash
THE coin of the realm might seem old-fashioned to some, but one politician is seeking to ensure that it does not go the way of the dodo. Economic Development Minister Kirsten Morel believes that Islanders’ right to use cash should be enshrined in law. Speaking in a non-ministerial capacity, he said that he was considering […]
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Jersey politicians to vote on proposal to block major St Helier development
A MAJOR redevelopment of the Waterfront could be blocked until a Town Masterplan is in place, and all future Jersey-Development-Company-built homes in St Helier may be forced to be designated ‘affordable’, if States Members agree. Just two items of public business are on the agenda for this week’s States sitting. St Helier Constable Simon Crowcroft […]
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'What I would like to see is Lyndon and a unifying approach, which I believe he could bring to benefit the Island'
By Lindsay Ash THERE is a legendary Oxbridge exam question which was “Is this a question?” Many of the students wrote pages on this, but apparently the correct and most brilliant answer was “If it’s a question then this is an answer.” Personally, I feel if I had written that the response would have been […]
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‘Why was a local brand not high on list of free period products?’
THE founder of a business started in the Island has expressed his surprise that the government did not ‘take environmental factors into account’ when making free period products available. St.John Pearce-Burke, who launched TOTM in Jersey in 2014 to ‘disrupt’ the menstrual care market, said that while he applauded the States decision to address period […]
