EMISSIONS from government officials’ return flights to Dubai for COP28 will be offset through donations to various projects – including those which provide solar cookers for refugees and carry out landfill gas extraction. Chief Minister Kristina Moore and Environment Minister Jonathan Renouf, accompanied by two officers, are this week representing Jersey at the United Nations […]
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Ministers’ travel spending revealed
MINISTERS spent almost £60,000 on travel last year, according to newly published government data – with the External Relations Minister racking up more than half of the total bill. The figures, published yesterday as part of a move towards greater transparency, detail the costs of trips taken by ministers and assistant ministers between February and […]
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Kristina Moore on course to become Jersey's first female Chief Minister
DEPUTY Kristina Moore looks set to become the Island’s first female Chief Minister – as she said more than half the new States Assembly had signed her nomination paper. Candidates for Chief Minister are required to have a minimum of six signatories on their nomination paper, but Deputy Moore revealed that she had far exceeded […]
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Reform Jersey keeping cards close ahead of Tuesday’s vote
REFORM Jersey are yet to confirm how their ten States Members will vote in next week’s no-confidence debate. The party’s deputy leader revealed that politicians met with former Infrastructure Minister Tom Binet, the would-be challenger for the position of Chief Minister, on Thursday. This was after their meeting with Chief Minister Kristina Moore on Tuesday […]
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Redundancies may be made at cabinet office
THERE could be redundancies in the cabinet office in a bid to ensure best value for the taxpayer, Chief Minister Lyndon Farnham has told the Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel. But the body – established by previous Chief Minister Kristina Moore “to co-ordinate the work of government and strengthen government decision-making” – will be retained, although […]
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Chief Minister announces pick for new Infrastructure Minister
DEPUTY Steve Ahier has been confirmed as the Chief Minister’s nominee for Infrastructure Minister following the resignation of Deputy Tom Binet earlier this week. Deputy Binet left the government on the first working day of the new year as he brought a motion of no confidence against Chief Minister Kristina Moore. Deputy Moore has now […]
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Minister releases information on competing bids for Aviemore site
THE Jersey Development Company wants to build up to ten three-bedroom homes on the site of a former care facility, according to a government report. And the sale of Aviemore, in St Martin, by the government to the JDC, could return up to £2.5 million to taxpayers, the report revealed. However, the potential value of […]
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“They are global experts in their field and I feel bound to put forward their recommendations”
A MOVE to introduce a statutory limit for the level of PFAS in mains water has been defended by the Environment Minister as he rejected calls to withdraw it for further consideration – as States Members prepare to debate the plans this week. Deputy Steve Luce maintained that his position as regulator “has always been […]
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Government's £11,500 HR awards trip to UK 'regrettable'
A DECISION to spend £11,500 of public money on an awards ceremony for government HR staff has been described as “regrettable” by the outgoing Chief Minister. Deputy Kristina Moore was asked during question time in the States Assembly yesterday about the Personnel Today awards, which saw a party of ten employees travel to London to […]
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Former ministers line up to question their successors
FORMER ministers will be lining up to question their successors when the States Assembly meets for the second time since a new government was formed at the end of January. Six of the ten oral questions on the agenda tomorrow will be asked by Members who have returned to the back benches, having been key […]
