PRESSURE is mounting on businesses to publish their gender pay gap data following an action group meeting to discuss the disparity. Dozens attended BDO’s offices in Windward House on the evening of Thursday 6 June for the second Gender Pay Gap Round Table. Attendees included four States Members – Housing Minister Sam Mézec, Deputies Lucy […]
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Ice rink to return to St Helier later this year
THE Weighbridge ice rink proved so popular that it is to reopen later this year, organisers have said. The government-backed Jersey Development Company, which operated the rink between 17 November and 18 February, have now bought the attraction. They plan to reopen the rink from the October half-term to the end of the February school […]
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Jersey government communications team costs £2.5m a year
THE government’s communications team costs almost £2.5 million a year to run, according to an Assistant Chief Minister. Deputy Lucy Stephenson said the average salary within the Communications Directorate was £62,000. Responding to an oral question from Deputy Rob Ward in the States this week, Deputy Stephenson said the team – which has annual staff […]
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Jersey politician: ‘If the new IVF funding model includes means testing, I will seek to amend it’
IT is a “mistake” not to follow evidence-based UK guidelines when providing funding for IVF treatment, a backbencher has said after politicians backed an amended version of her proposal to replace the current means-tested system. Deputy Lucy Stephenson, who has personal experience with infertility, lodged a proposal in early April to reform existing funding. In […]
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Jersey Reds accuse government of "vindictive" campaign against senior club figures
THE government has been accused of an “entirely unnecessary and simply vindictive” campaign against senior figures of Jersey Reds – as a debate on whether to save the club continues in the States Assembly. In a statement released on the club’s website, the Reds have said there is a “significant amount of disinformation being circulated” […]
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Public sports centres will take cash again
VISITORS to Fort Regent, Springfield and Les Quennevais sports centres will once again be able to pay with cash from June, after politicians unanimously approved a States proposition. The 42 Members in the Chamber yesterday also agreed that the government must review current and planned policies regarding cash payments across sports facilities to ensure that […]
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Satellite skate parks may be preferred to large St Helier one
SATELLITE skate parks in parish locations, rather than one larger park in St Helier, are likely to receive future government investment, the Infrastructure Minister has indicated. During questions without notice in the States Assembly, Constable Andy Jehan outlined how £1 million allocated in the latest Government Plan was likely to be spent. Mr Jehan said […]
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The deaths of some rheumatology patients to be referred to Viscount
THE deaths of some rheumatology patients are to be referred to the Viscount, as health officials believe they could have been caused by treatment at the General Hospital. Clinicians are reviewing the deaths of 182 such patients since January 2019, following last year’s highly critical Royal College of Physicians report, which described care in rheumatology […]
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No plans for Jersey's government to extend work licence exemption
THERE are no plans to extend a special measure brought in following Storm Ciarán allowing businesses and contractors from outside Jersey to work in the Island for 30 days without a licence. Assistant Chief Minister Lucy Stephenson said the initiative – which was designed to accelerate repair work– had been “working well”. Several Jersey businesses, […]
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What your elected officials did last year…
IT WAS a year that began with a political bang – when Deputy Kristina Moore was ousted from her position as Chief Minister through a successful vote of no confidence lodged by then-Infrastructure Minister Tom Binet. But the States Assembly ‘s latest annual report shows that, once the dust had settled, there was plenty on […]
