A PLANNING application to build agricultural accommodation at a farm in the countryside was turned down on Thursday because it was contrary to Island Plan policy that prohibits new development in the green zone.
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Social security: Higher earners to pay more?
HIGHER earners in Jersey could be asked to pay more in social security contributions to help fund the Island’s future welfare needs, the Treasury Minister has said.
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Find your polling station
ISLANDERS registered to vote will be heading to their relevant polling stations tomorrow to select the 49 candidates who will form the next States Assembly. Polling stations will be open between 8 am and 8 pm and Islanders will have to bring a form of ID with them in order to cast their vote. A total of 14 States Members have already been elected unopposed.
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Poll success leads to calls for a woman Chief Minister
WOMEN dominated the Senatorial election, with all four female candidates receiving substantial support across the Island and two emerging as poll toppers in nine out of the 12 parishes.
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92 to stand in election
THE full list of election candidates has now been set, with a total of 92 Islanders – 13 of whom are already assured of their seats – having been put forward to make up the new States Assembly.
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Public farmland sale ‘akin to selling off Jersey’s heritage’
STATES-OWNED farmland in the Coastal National Park should be sold to the National Trust for Jersey even if a private buyer offers more money, amid concerns that its sale is akin to ‘selling off Jersey’s heritage’, it has been claimed.
