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A SENIOR member of the Council of Ministers broke ranks and spoke out against the refusal of the States to increase public-sector workers’ pay in line with the cost of living yesterday.

MOT-style testing for Jersey’s cars and international permits for those driving in the EU are to be introduced as part of plans to prepare for Brexit.

DIVERSITY campaigners have called the decision of the States not to adopt diversity and inclusion as pillars of the new common goals set out by the Council of
Ministers this week ‘sad’ and ‘disappointing’.

THE Chief Minister has confirmed that he is sympathetic to the ‘very real plight’ of child refugees and hopes legal barriers to allowing them into the Island can be overcome.

THE States are considering revising their controversial pay offer for staff, it has emerged.

THE number of young people going on to higher education is falling, prompting a Scrutiny panel to launch a review to see if post-16 education in Jersey is suitably equipping the next generation of workers.

A NEW gender pay-gap review panel, aiming to uncover any differences between how much men and women are currently being paid in Jersey, is calling on Islanders to share their salary information.

A TOTAL of 94 super-rich immigrants have moved to Jersey in the past five years – 22 of them so far in 2018, new figures show.

A STATES decision not to approve proposals to change the law in order to prevent high-net-worth status being given to public-sector employees has been described as ‘disappointing’ by the politician behind the proposition.