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PROPOSALS to oblige high-earners to pay contributions for social security and long-term care at the same rate as other Islanders have been rejected by States Members. Deputy Sam Mézec said his proposed amendment to the Government Plan followed a pledge included in the Reform Jersey manifesto earlier this year to remove the cap of £250,000, […]

ALL primary school children will be offered hot school meals – if a £1.6 million funding plan is approved by the States. As part of the Government Plan, ministers have agreed to ring-fence funding to expand the school meals programme to all government-maintained primary schools. The funding would be used to not only cover the […]

SINCE gender pay differences were first measured in June 2016, the overall gap – including both full- and part-time employees – previously fluctuated slightly between 8 and 10%, with the exception of 2020 when the influence of the Covid lockdown saw a temporary one-year drop to 4%. But they recently rose to 12%, according to […]

THE children’s commissioner has resigned from her post after 4½ years in the role. Deborah McMillan was appointed in the wake of the damning Independent Jersey Care Inquiry to champion the rights of the Island’s young people. A States Assembly notice from Chief Minister Kristina Moore outlining Mrs McMillan’s resignation read: ‘The resignation is entirely […]

A RESTRUCTURING at the top of the civil service will provide a greater focus on ‘real issues’ and allow for better cross-departmental solutions to be found, the government’s chief executive has said. Suzanne Wylie said that while current proposals for the formation of a Cabinet Office did not constitute the ‘massive restructuring’ which went before […]

REFORM Jersey leader Sam Mézec has confirmed he will be standing for Chief Minister. In a statement, the Deputy-elect said Reform’s new parliamentary party met for the first time this afternoon and ‘unanimously agreed’ to nominate him for the position. ‘We will publish a full statement on Monday outlining our intentions to form a government […]

THERE are no plans to raise the pension age to address problems associated with the Island’s ageing population, the Social Security Minister has said. Deputy Elaine Millar said that ‘no one wants the pension age any higher’, adding that it was ‘already quite high compared to other jurisdictions like France’. Her comments come as national […]

CHIEF Minister-designate Kristina Moore has said she is looking to ‘further strengthen Jersey’s relationships’ with other parts of the British Isles following her first official engagement since being elected to the top job. Deputy Moore was part of Jersey’s delegation at the British-Irish Council summit in Guernsey alongside outgoing Chief Minister John Le Fondré and […]

JERSEY and France need to put the difficulties of Brexit ‘behind us’, the External Relations Minister has said following a three-day trip to France. Deputy Phillip Ozouf, along with other ministers, recently went to Rennes and Paris on a visit designed to strengthen ties between Jersey and its continental neighbour. The final day of the […]

THE Constable of St Helier, Simon Crowcroft, has criticised the “inexperience” of a new assistant minister after she dealt a fatal blow to a £120m plan to regenerate town with more than 200 homes and an “aparthotel” – against a planning inspector’s advice. Developers Le Masurier had submitted plans to transform 2.5 acres of land […]