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A PROPOSAL calling for civil service employment contracts to explicitly prohibit lying, obstructing or misleading politicians has been rejected by Members, who argued this was covered by the existing employees’ code of conduct and disciplinary processes. Deputy Mike Higgins had also put forward an amnesty, up until the end of June, for employees to own […]

ISLANDERS are facing the biggest rise in the cost of living for three decades, according to new figures. Statistics Jersey’s latest Retail Prices Index report, which measures the change in the price of goods and services purchased by an average household, marked the annual rate of inflation at 7.9% – the largest 12-month jump since […]

JERSEY has joined the UK in applying immediate sanctions on three oligarchs and five banks connected to the Vladimir Putin regime in response to the invasion of Ukrainian territory by Russian troops. UK prime minister Boris Johnson announced that the three high net worth individuals – Gennady Timchenko, Boris Rotenberg and Igor Rotenberg – will […]

AN expanded UK sanctions regime that would be enforced should Russia invade Ukraine has received the full backing of Jersey’s External Relations Minister. Senator Ian Gorst has re-stated his support for penalty measures if needed against the Putin regime, confirming that any new UK asset freezes applied to oligarchs and businesses linked to the Kremlin […]

JERSEY has been named among a list of ‘unfriendly’ countries and territories published by the Kremlin for imposing sanctions on Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine. The list was published on the Russian government’s official website and by its state media, in response to jurisdictions which are perceived to have taken ‘unfriendly actions’ […]

AN ‘inappropriate institutional culture’ that is ‘resistant’ to transparency and scrutiny has been criticised by the panel which handles complaints made by Islanders against the government, following the case of a retired firefighter left out-of-pocket when his pension entitlement was undervalued. In a withering report, the States of Jersey Complaints Panel castigated the government for […]

MINISTERS have defended proposals contained in a mini-budget designed to tackle the cost-of-living crisis – amid criticism from pressure groups and a trade union that more support could be offered. During a Scrutiny hearing yesterday, Treasury Minister Ian Gorst and Social Security Minister Elaine Millar were questioned about whether the proposals were targeted enough towards […]

ISLANDERS are being asked to register whether they have suitable accommodation for refugees fleeing the Ukrainian conflict. The government has confirmed that it has received a ‘small number of visa applications’ since the war began. And officials are working with parishes and housing provides to find accommodation for families seeking to move to the Island. […]

THE previous government was ‘too lax with the purse strings’ and promised efficiencies were ‘not appropriately delivered’, the Treasury Minister has said. Deputy Ian Gorst – who served as External Relations Minister in the previous administration – also reiterated his stance that the Island should not be preparing to borrow huge sums, which could potentially […]