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THERE could be up to seven new States members taking up ministerial positions next week after the Chief Minister-designate announced her preferred candidates to sit on the Council of Ministers. Deputy Kristina Moore has also selected four members from the previous government to work in roles beside her. However, those spots are not guaranteed and […]

RECRUITMENT and retention challenges across the Island’s schools have been described as an ‘absolute crisis’ by a leading union official. Marina Mauger, of the NASUWT, said she was ‘more worried than ever’ about the situation and concerned that there was limited scope to solve the problem before term started in a month’s time. Schools are […]

JERSEY is “lacking” the expertise to combat increasingly common forms of online and tech-facilitated violence against women and girls, according to the head of a taskforce set up to tackle the issue. The Violence Against Women and Girls Taskforce, which published its report and 77 recommendations this week, has recommended strengthening of the current legal […]

INSPECTIONS by the Jersey Care Commission earlier this year – following anonymous tip-offs – concluded that three children’s homes were not fit for purpose and were operating outside of the law, it has been revealed. The inspectors discovered that they were being run by inadequately trained staff working excessive hours, and found shortcomings in areas […]

MAJOR capital projects – including building a new Fire and Ambulance headquarters and new sports facilities at Le Rocquier School – have been put on hold with no set date for their completion. Ministers have recently published their ‘Delivery Plans’ for 2023, which set out the details on what they propose to do this year, […]

CURRENT legislation covering disability discrimination is ‘toothless’ and fails to hold anyone responsible for breaching regulations, the chief executive of a disability charity has said. Sean Pontin, of Enable Jersey, says there is a lack of checks on whether buildings and public spaces are accessible to Islanders with disabilities, describing this as indirect discrimination. The […]

IT is ‘vital’ that provisions are in place to support young people’s mental health, the Children’s and Education Minister has said after a father whose daughter took her own life called for suicide prevention to be part of the curriculum. Deputy Inna Gardiner confirmed that the first meeting to discuss the issue with the Island’s […]

THE unfolding Israel-Hamas conflict has affected the lives of the many Islanders who have friends and family living in the Middle East region. At the time of writing, there have been over 1,000 deaths and thousands of injuries among Israeli citizens as a result of Hamas firing rockets from the neighbouring Gaza Strip, while an […]