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JERSEY schoolchildren need to be taught how the Island’s political structure works to resolve the issue of low-voter turnout and ‘woeful’ lack of civic engagement, a States backbencher has said.

THE board responsible for developing Jersey’s population policy has been criticised for not being diverse enough and lacking representatives of young people and the Island’s largest immigrant communities.

THE struggles facing the agriculture industry have not been given proper consideration by the panel formulating the Island’s long-awaited population policy, the Jersey Farmers’ Union has said.

ISLANDERS should prepare for further cost of living increases because the States’ recent climate emergency declaration will see extra levies introduced, including a potential congestion charge, the Chief Minister has warned.

AVERAGE salaries earned by employees across the public sector and what the top earners take home are revealed in figures obtained by the JEP.

CLOSING Jersey’s gender pay gap should be made a strategic priority by politicians and the government, according to the Economic Development Minister, who has called on colleagues to engage on the issue.

A BACKBENCH politician who successfully persuaded the States to make changes to the guidelines used to grant high-net-worth residency has raised concerns about how and if the work is being done.

THE Treasury is not considering raising GST to fund public sector pay rises, the department’s minister has said.

JERSEY’S ‘ridiculous’ and ‘laughable’ tax law, which means that married women’s earnings are the property of their husbands, needs to be changed as quickly as possible, the Treasury Minister has said.

A GROUP of sixth-form students is helping to organise a conference for female parliamentarians, which is due to take place in Jersey later this year.