WHERE is Marcus Rashford when you need him? I’m not talking about a goal against Liverpool but the footballer’s successful free school meals campaign, as feeding kids properly in Jersey is needed now more than ever while the cost-of-living crisis bites. A recent report makes the case for the Island’s version of the scheme to […]
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Charlie Parker's OneGov: ‘No evidence of a more efficient public sector'
FORMER government chief executive Charlie Parker’s OneGov reform programme failed to demonstrate it had led to a more efficient public sector, a States spending watchdog report has found. In its performance management review of the ambitious modernisation drive, the Public Accounts Committee said that while ‘progress was made’, it had not been able to determine […]
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Government accepts most of Scrutiny report findings
THE government has accepted most of the recommendations made in a damning Scrutiny report, which said
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‘Higher civil service pay may be needed to fill vacancies’
HIGHER civil service salaries may need to be offered to fill the estimated 100 vacancies in one government department, a minister has said. Speaking at a Scrutiny panel hearing yesterday, Environment Minister John Young suggested that without upping the salaries on offer his department might be left unable to ‘provide the high-quality environment or planning […]
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Health criticised in open letter by Scrutiny panel
HEALTH and Community Services have ‘not adequately addressed’ concerns about the department’s Health Governance Strategy, according to the Public Accounts Committee. The PAC has written to the director-general for HCS, Caroline Landon, about her response to recommendations made by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Lynn Pamment, in a report published in September. Although that report […]
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The race for Chief Minister: Full list of the politicians backing Mézec and Moore
DEPUTY Kristina Moore looks set to become the Island’s first female Chief Minister after more than half of the new States Assembly signed her nomination paper. Candidates are required to have a minimum of six signatories on their nomination form, but Deputy Moore has far exceeded that number with the backing of 30 Members. However, […]
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Bilingual primary schools and better transport links to France discussed by Jersey politicians
FORGING stronger links with France will be a key aim of the Island’s new external-relations policy – with improved media communications, better transport links and bilingual primary schools to ensure children learn the language being among the ideas discussed by States Members. During Thursday’s States sitting, Members held an in-committee debate – in which there […]
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Answers wanted over government’s rejection of recommendations for its £1bn estate
A SCRUTINY panel has asked the government to explain why four recommendations made to improve the management of the ‘substantial’ publicly owned property portfolio have been rejected. The Public Accounts Committee has published comments on the executive response to its damning report, which was released in October, and said that further clarification was needed on […]
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Proposal for school playing field lodged
A ‘VIBRANT’ and ‘inclusive’ school in St Helier could finally get its own playing field, if States Members agree.
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'As the dust settles in the new-look States, will our ministers mix like coffee and cream or oil and water?'
By John Henwood HAVING wished the new Chief Minister, Deputy Kristina Moore, a happy honeymoon, it is right to wish all her ministers and assistant ministers the same because they too, particularly those new to the States, need a period in which to study the portfolios they have been handed. However, it is already clear […]
