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A SCRUTINY hearing was nearly abandoned yesterday after Deputy Jacqui Huet launched an out- spoken attack on critics of Jersey Overseas Aid.

JERSEY could well be spending an extra £500,000 on overseas aid next year to help some of the world’s poorest countries.

TRADESMEN forced out of work after being undercut by immigrant workers are turning to parishes for support, according to Deputy Jacqui Huet.

THE States could be asked to approve the setting aside of a site on the waterfront or at Fort Regent for a permanent skateboard, BMX and roller-blade park.

AN emergency grant of £50,000 has been sent to two leading charities by the Overseas Aid Committee to bring much-needed relief to starving people in Niger and Mali.

SKATEBOARDERS have emerged victorious in the bid to have their own facility on the People’s Park – despite objections from elderly St Helier House residents.

THE public will get more of a say about where Jersey’s £5.5m overseas aid budget goes from December.

ISLANDERS could soon have a legal right to know what the government is doing on their behalf.

BUDGET plans to shelve the ‘20% means 20%’ package, freeze tax allowances and raise duties by the level of inflation will be debated from Tuesday.

PARISH Deputy Roy Le Hérissier is disappointed that three dozen new homes are likely to be built near St Saviour’s Hospital.