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COMPENSATION payments to Islanders who were fined tens of thousands of pounds after coastal properties they owned were deemed to have encroached on the foreshore are in limbo following a ministerial reshuffle. Former Infrastructure Minister Tom Binet said he had signed off on payments totalling more than £50,000 for two homeowners who had to pay […]

HOME owners who were pursued by the government for £50,000 because their properties were deemed to have “encroached” on the foreshore have been refunded following a lengthy battle. Alan Luce and Julian Mallinson lodged a complaint in 2016 after being forced to pay the compensation between them when selling their properties at Grève d’Azette. Over […]

A ‘COMPLEX’ file of evidence on the fatal collision between Condor’s Commodore Goodwill and the L’Ecume II trawler has been handed to the Law Officers Department by the States police. A similar file on the Pier Road explosion will be submitted to the department in due course, Chief Minister Kristina Moore has confirmed. Law Officers, […]

THE leader of the Island’s Jewish congregation has said it is “not the correct time” for Jersey Overseas Aid to donate money to the people of Gaza, claiming that the funds will be diverted to terrorist group Hamas. Stephen Regal, president of the Jersey Jewish Congregation, has written an open letter to Chief Minister Kristina […]

LAST-MINUTE government U-turns on alcohol and fuel duty increases have shaken up the order paper as the States Assembly meets today to begin debating the Island’s spending plans. The Council of Ministers has backed an amendment to its Government Plan to slash its proposed rise in alcohol duty almost in half from 8.9% to 4.5%, […]

A CONTENDER for the role of Chief Minister has outlined the “frustrating” sequence of events that led him to miss the deadline for nominations and exiting the race before it had begun. The day after seeing his motion of no confidence in Chief Minister Kristina Moore succeed by a vote of 27 to 22, Deputy […]

FIVE candidates have undergone a final round of interviews in the search for the government’s interim chief executive – with the successful applicant due to be announced shortly. Due diligence is now under way before the appointee is confirmed. The search for an interim head of the civil service follows the sudden resignation in March […]

A WEEK after successfully bringing the vote of no confidence which unseated Chief Minister Kristina Moore, Deputy Tom Binet has confirmed his support for Deputy Lyndon Farnham when Deputy Moore’s successor is chosen on Thursday. At the same time as throwing his weight behind Deputy Farnham amid a vow from the duo to complete the […]