A RALLYING call has been issued for more women to stand for the States and help improve equality and tackle sexism that some claim is rife in local politics.
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Chief Minister: Government to rent Broad Street offices until at least 2026
THE government is planning to rent a new headquarters until at least 2026 once it moves out of its temporary Broad Street offices, Chief Minister John Le Fondré has said.
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Pay boost for all in social-security contributions cut
ALL working Islanders will receive a pay packet boost from next month after the States voted to cut social-security contributions by 2% as part of a Covid-19 economic recovery package.
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Crisis talks as vote of no confidence in the Chief Minister is threatened
MINISTERS were locked in crisis talks yesterday evening as Chief Minister John Le Fondré fought to head off a vote of no confidence.
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No plans to cut GST on female sanitary items
THERE are no plans in place to cut GST on female sanitary products in Jersey, leaving the Island as the last place in the British Isles that applies a ‘tampon tax’.
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Was the Chief Minister’s complaint a good use of his time and energy?
It is important to remember that there is no love lost between the two Senators, who have ended up cast as the arch nemeses of the class of 2018
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States back plan to consider asset sales to pay for Covid
PLANS to consider selling public assets to reduce Jersey’s mounting Covid-19 debts were heavily backed by the States yesterday.
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‘Any move of government offices should be debated’
ANY proposal to move government offices to another rented property in Broad Street must be debated by the States Assembly, a Scrutiny head has said.
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Minister threatens special sitting to get new-hospital road agreed
AN ESCALATING row over access to the Island’s proposed new hospital at Overdale could culminate in a special States Assembly sitting, the JEP has learned.
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Border talks in progress as UK Covid-19 cases fall
DISCUSSIONS about reopening the Island’s borders are under way – as figures show that Covid cases in the UK have dropped to the point that most regions would be classed as green or amber under the previous traffic-light system.
