SUSPENDED States staff at two departments cost the taxpayer almost £1 million last year. Health Minister Jim Perchard and Home Affairs Minister Ian Le Marquand say that the total cost of suspensions last year amounted to £955,803, with staff covering for suspended colleagues amounting to almost a third of the total. Deputy Bob Hill says […]
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New curbs on sex offenders
THE police and the courts are to get new powers to monitor the behaviour and movements of paedophiles, rapists and other sex offenders.
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A Week in Politics
THINGS are getting weird when the Conservative Party starts following the Jersey Democratic Alliance’s lead on policy.
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A new stance on drugs
MANY Islanders would happily back the tough stance that our courts adopt when sentencing drug offenders.
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Why our police have to change
IT is impossible to resist the conclusion that all is far from well in the world of Jersey policing.
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Politicians who are not up to the job
From Arthur Carée. FOLLOWING the recent elections, Ian Le Marquand, who topped the polls, was interviewed by the JEP and quite rightly stated that many of the politicians elected with him were not suitable to undertake the tasks required of them in public office. As the months pass, we are now able to see what […]
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The minister is naive if he thinks gagging is justified
AS The Reader may have already learned, I actually have a bit of time for Ian Le Marquand.
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Tackling violence on the streets
ALL comments about violent offences in Jersey must be prefixed by the observation that serious crime is rare in our community.
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Operation Blast mystery to unfold
CHIEF Minister Terry Le Sueur faces questions on Tuesday about whether States chief executive Bill Ogley is the ‘second individual’ named as being behind Operation Blast.
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Top earners
FIVE civil servants in Jersey are each earning up to a quarter of a million pounds a year. The figures, released by the Chief Minister’s department, show that last year 464 States employees earned more than £70,000, with 141 of them, or nearly a third, being paid more than £70,000 when employer contributions towards pension […]
