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THE committee which scrutinises whether public funds have been used efficiently and effectively has announced its top priorities for the year. The Public Accounts Committee has been recently reshuffled after January’s vote of no confidence which saw former Chief Minister Kristina Moore ousted. Deputy Moore is now vice-chair of the PAC alongside chair Deputy Inna […]

THE States Assembly has appointed its first Education and Lifelong Learning Minister. Deputy Rob Ward, a member of Reform Jersey, was selected for the new role without contest on Tuesday morning. He had been tipped for the role in government several weeks ago, when Chief Minister Lyndon Farnham also announced that he would split the […]

WORK is ongoing to address dozens of ‘serious’ fire risks identified in 15 schools – but the Education Minister says the government is ‘on track’ to fix the issues by the beginning of the new school year. In total, 50 risks were identified when assessments of Children, Young People, Education and Skills buildings were conducted […]

A SCHOOL uniform supplier has announced it will be closing this spring, blaming a policy change that limits the number of compulsory bespoke items in schools. The policy change came after a survey last term found that 55% of parents were either “very dissatisfied” or “dissatisfied” with the cost of uniforms, and that the majority […]

COMMENTS last week by health experts that they would not seek medical treatment in Jersey were “inflammatory, inappropriate and ought not to have been made”, a States Member has claimed. Deputy Sir Philip Bailhache – himself a member of the Scrutiny panel that convened last week to hear Professor Simon Mackenzie, Tom Hayhoe and Professor […]

IN a letter sent to the government, the children’s commissioner had condemned the ‘unhelpful’ and ‘obstructive behaviour’ of senior social care staff. In the letter, which has been made public, Andrea Le Saint said she was seeking ‘assurance’ from Children’s Minister Inna Gardiner that the ‘unregistered regulated activity’ in three children’s homes recently reported by […]

ACTION short of strike action by one of the Island’s largest teaching unions will proceed next week, the vice-chair of the States Employment Board has confirmed. Constable Andy Jehan added that the latest offer of a one-off payment in return for an agreement for 20 days’ notice for any future proposed industrial action had been […]

A UKRAINIAN bomb disposal expert is one of the guests speaking in Jersey next week, as part of a series of events held to mark the country’s Independence Day. Uliana Yurenko, a Ukrainian national who delivers bomb disposal training in the country, is to appear on a panel alongside Ben Remfrey, an explosive ordnance disposal […]