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THE Island needs to look at alternative ways to source building materials – such as recycling – a politician has said after the States voted to block the extension of a quarry. Members voted heavily in favour of Senator Kristina Moore’s Bridging Island Plan amendment to prevent the extension of the La Gigoulande Quarry, which […]

DOUBLING the size of the Millennium Town Park is back on the political agenda following discussions between the Chief Minister and St Helier Constable Simon Crowcroft this week. Deputy Kristina Moore said that ‘there [were] ways forward’ to achieve both the full-scale expansion of the park sought by the Constable, and Deputy Rob Ward’s calls […]

USING existing expertise within the public sector to reduce reliance on external consultants will be a key feature of the government’s drive to ‘cut its cloth’ and save £40 million over the next four years, according to its chief executive. Speaking at a Chamber of Commerce event yesterday, Suzanne Wylie said the government would undertake […]

THE new Chief Minister was yesterday grilled on zero-hour contracts, the living wage and Jersey’s tax arrangements when she appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour. During a ten-minute interview, Deputy Kristina Moore was taken to task by host Emma Barnett over the belief held by some that the Island is a tax haven where […]

THERE will be no committee of inquiry convened to look into the events surrounding the 2017 St Helier RNLI crew walkout, the Chief Minister has said following a report criticising Ports of Jersey’s and ministers’ handling of the dispute. The matter was now considered ‘concluded’, according to Deputy Kristina Moore, who has officially published the […]

DEBATE about the amount of open space, educational facilities and other amenities available to town residents has been reignited after plans to develop hundreds of new homes were revealed. St Helier Constable Simon Crowcroft and Deputy Lyndsay Feltham, who represents St Helier Central, spoke out after the government approved a project to build 195 units […]

THE planning inquiry into the new hospital has been put back a week following concerns about its timing in relation to the approval of the Bridging Island Plan. Future Hospital Review Panel chairwoman Senator Kristina Moore wrote to Environment Minister John Young earlier this month to raise concerns about the timetable for the planning inquiry, […]