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KEY votes in the States Assembly today could lead to a major shake-up of Jersey’s 2(1)(e) scheme, which gives so-called ‘high-net-worths’ special residency and housing rights – plus preferential tax status. Treasury Minister Ian Gorst has brought forward a proposition to increase the minimum tax paid by new high-value residents (HVRs) to £250,000, potentially boosting […]

THE States spending watchdog will be “asking questions” after it was revealed the Chief Minister and two officials flew business class to a conference in Rwanda – at a total cost of nearly £14,000 for the trip. Deputy Lyndsay Feltham, who chairs the Public Accounts Committee, has said that her panel, which determines whether public […]

JERSEY could lose its most famous detective to the UK – or even Guernsey – if the government decides not to invest in a reboot of Bergerac, it has emerged. Plans to revive the popular 1980s TV series have reached a critical phase for Jersey, with Chief Minister Lyndon Farnham revealing to the States Assembly […]

‘NO formal grievances’ have been raised – or investigations undertaken – into ‘unacceptable behaviour’ by ministers or senior civil servants in the current government, the Chief Minister has said. But Deputy Kristina Moore admitted that she was ‘aware that from time to time relationships can get strained, as they do in any organisation’, but added […]

THIRTEEN candles flickered at the front of the Town Church, symbolising collective sadness at the lives lost last December, and a determination not to forget them. Relatives and friends of those who died in the sinking of L’Ecume II and the explosion at Haut du Mont sat alongside those who had responded to the tragedies […]

A SENIOR executive at NatWest has been appointed as the government’s interim chief executive. Dr Andrew McLaughlin, who is chief executive of commercial and institutional, non-ringfenced bank at NatWest in London, will take up the role on 5 September. The government’s current chief executive, Suzanne Wylie, will leave her post in July, and the position […]

THE Chief Minister has been branded ‘disingenuous’ over government plans to scrap a previous proposal she brought as a Senator to remove GST on period products. But Deputy Kristina Moore has hit back at the claims, saying there is a ‘more effective way’ to address period poverty. She said her government had helped to provide […]

PLANS have been announced for a new walking and cycling route in St Helier to mark the Coronation of King Charles III. The ‘Coronation Way’ will provide an improved route to nearby secondary schools and cycle paths for Islanders living in north-eastern parishes, according to the government. Work on the route is expected to take […]

THE hospitality trade is urging States Members to throw out ministerial plans to increase alcohol duty. The recently published Government Plan, which sets out firm public spending plans for next year and indicative spending for the following three, proposes increasing duty on beer, wine and spirits by 8.9% in 2024, which it stresses is below […]