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THE Island’s government spends less per person than the UK’s, a new report has revealed. The gap was even bigger when the sizes of the jurisdictions’ economies were factored in. However, officials have said that the results would be expected in a lower-tax jurisdiction. The Treasury Department has published the Island’s first Classification of the […]

JERSEY’s government is to be asked to buy a development site in an “iconic and popular” Island bay and give it to the National Trust in a move designed to “help preserve public access”. A proposition, lodged by Deputy Lyndon Farnham, will seek approval from the States for the purchase of the former Seaside Café […]

FALL-OUT continues from a Jersey student’s decision to heckle Sir Keir Starmer at the Labour Party conference this week. Daniel Riley, Reform Youth chair, has told the JEP that he would “100%” interrupt the Prime Minister again and his only regret was that he did not make his statement about the conflict in Gaza sooner […]

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 […]

THE first debate of the first States sitting of the new political year, which begins tomorrow, will include addressing an unedifying spat between two Members which has led to one of them facing a vote of censure – in essence a mechanism to give a Member an official ‘ticking off’. The States Assembly’s own housekeeping […]

THE size of the government continues to swell with 431 more civil servants employed last year and staff costs increasing by £35 million to more than £500m, new figures have revealed. The number of civil servants has grown by more than 1,000 since the launch of former chief executive Charlie Parker’s OneGov plan in 2018 […]

HEALTH’S financial reserves have depleted to such an “extraordinarily low” level that the department would be declared bankrupt if it were a UK council, according to an adviser and senior manager. The department has already used £3.1 million of its reserves to deal with additional pressures between August and September this year. And according to […]

TREASURY Minister Ian Gorst has ruled out proposing Reform Jersey members for ministerial positions if he wins Thursday’s Chief Minister election. However, the Deputy, a former Chief Minister, stressed the importance of finding a “consensus” across the Assembly. Deputy Gorst, who has so far gathered the backing of 14 States Members – including much of […]