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THE External Relations Minister says Jersey will continue to engage ‘in a proactive way’ on global tax reforms ‘to combat aggressive tax avoidance and profit shifting’.

INSUFFICIENT progress has been made to improve the children’s care system since the publication of the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry report, Senator Ian Gorst has said. The States Member, who was Chief Minister when the report was released in 2017, attributed the shortcoming to ‘process and bureaucracy’, adding that the new government would need to […]

CRISIS talks were held yesterday between Jersey’s External Relations Minister and the French politician who has threatened to cut the Island’s electricity supply.

JERSEY’S government is not planning to introduce a vaccine passport system for large events and nightclubs, the External Relations Minister has said.

LEGAL action by France in the dispute over fishing licensing ‘would be welcome’, according to the Home Affairs Minister, who said it would show the world how ‘unreasonable’ the country had been. Deputy Gregory Guida made the comments following renewed threats by French Europe Minister Clément Beaune that the nation could still initiate proceedings against […]

JERSEY will now play its part in freezing any assets linked to seven Russian oligarchs – including Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich,– after the UK government announced sanctions against them. External Relations Minister Ian Gorst confirmed that Jersey had followed the UK in issuing sanctions against Mr Abramovich and others with alleged links to Vladimir […]

CALLS to stop work and spending on the planned new hospital at Overdale until it receives planning consent have been rejected by the Deputy Chief Minister.

A FURTHER 64 permanent fishing licences are to be issued to French vessels to fish in Jersey’s waters on top of 47 already licensed boats, the government has announced.

RETALIATORY measures must be taken against the Channel Islands and UK if there is no resolution to the post-Brexit fishing dispute by next Friday, France’s Europe Minister has said.