MORE than half of students who took part in a recent survey on period poverty reported difficulties accessing sanitary products – with 10% also admitting problems relating to affordability. And a further 10% claimed a lack of access to period products had affected their education. The government survey was sent out to schools at the […]
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Former Chief Minister to stand as an independent
A FORMER Chief Minister is to stand for election as an independent candidate – and wants to keep his current External Relations portfolio. Senator Ian Gorst has outlined his intentions for the June general election and confirmed that he will be seeking one of the four Deputy seats in the newly formed District 1 comprising […]
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Bilingual primary schools and better transport links to France discussed by Jersey politicians
FORGING stronger links with France will be a key aim of the Island’s new external-relations policy – with improved media communications, better transport links and bilingual primary schools to ensure children learn the language being among the ideas discussed by States Members. During Thursday’s States sitting, Members held an in-committee debate – in which there […]
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‘I don’t know why the government decided to go after the little guys’
THE government is ‘going after the little guy’ by seeking to reclaim support money that it says was overpaid to self-employed Islanders during the pandemic, according to the head of Scrutiny. Senator Kristina Moore, chairwoman of the Scrutiny Liaison Committee, has requested the government extends its repayment deadline of 28 February for ‘excess’ money paid […]
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Election shockwaves as Islanders call for change
SENATOR John Le Fondré today became the first Chief Minister to lose his seat in the States following a dramatic election night which saw voters deliver a damning verdict on the past four years of government. The veteran politician was among a series of Jersey Alliance candidates who failed to secure a seat as the […]
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States reject a mandatory rating list for rental homes
A MOVE to force landlords to sign up to an online rating system monitoring the standard of the properties they provide has been rejected by the States Assembly. Senator Kristina Moore brought forward the mandatory Rent Safe scheme, which would have led to rental properties being listed according to a star-rating system. More than 2,000 […]
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£550m hospital spending cap amendment defeated
AN amendment which could have capped the budget for the planned new hospital at £550 million has been defeated.
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Covid aid: Repayment deadlines for self-employed extended
THE government has extended repayment deadlines for self-employed Islanders who it says were overpaid support money during the Covid-19 pandemic. A number of Islanders have now reported to the JEP that they have felt distressed after receiving letters or phone calls accusing them of ‘fraud’ and over-claiming under the Co-funded Payroll Scheme, which was designed […]
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Chief Minister in U-turn as Deputy quits finance role
THE Chief Minister was this morning due to face questions as to why External Relations Minister Philip Ozouf has stepped down from his political responsibility for the financial services industry – just five days after she publicly backed him. Deputy Ozouf resigned as minister with responsibility for the sector after being summonsed to attend the […]
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Hospital: Going back to where we started?
IT is now ten years since a government report called A New Way Forward declared that Jersey needed a new hospital. Nobody disagreed. It was accepted by staff, patients and politicians that the existing hospital in Gloucester Street was too old, too poor and too small for the future. And its problems would only become […]
