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A FORMER Chief Minister is to stand for election as an independent candidate – and wants to keep his current External Relations portfolio. Senator Ian Gorst has outlined his intentions for the June general election and confirmed that he will be seeking one of the four Deputy seats in the newly formed District 1 comprising […]

PRE-BUILT houses could be constructed in Poland and neighbouring jurisdictions in the near future before being shipped to the Island, the Chief Minister has revealed. Senator John Le Fondré said that members of the construction industry were in talks with representatives in Poland to explore the possibility of constructing prefabricated modular buildings overseas in order […]

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, […]

ISLANDERS should not face further gas price rises to deal with the current global price instability, according to the Chief Minister John Le Fondré.

A MOVE to force landlords to sign up to an online rating system monitoring the standard of the properties they provide has been rejected by the States Assembly. Senator Kristina Moore brought forward the mandatory Rent Safe scheme, which would have led to rental properties being listed according to a star-rating system. More than 2,000 […]

DELAYS in settling payment to the finders of the Catillôn II Celtic coin hoard have persisted, more than three weeks after the Chief Minister stated that he expected the final element of the process to be wrapped up ‘during the course of this week’.

FOURTEEN Ukrainians have arrived in Jersey and 14 others have made visa applications, while up to a further 50 relatives of Islanders, who have inquired about moving to the Island, may be eligible to come, the Chief Minister has revealed. In a report to States Members about the Island’s response to the ongoing crisis, Senator […]

THE Chief Minister will announce within the next month whether he will stand for election again – although the political party of which he is a member is due to choose a leader next week. Speaking at the Chamber of Commerce lunch yesterday, Senator John Le Fondré continued to keep his cards close to his […]