The States Assembly heard impassioned and at-times emotional debate on what is accepted to be a divisive issue.
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Intrepid 232 honoured in Jersey's Royal Square for record-breaking World's Toughest Row
SMILES as wide as an ocean were ubiquitous at the official homecoming for four Islanders who rowed across the Atlantic and into the record books. Around 300 people were in the Royal Square to celebrate the feat of the Intrepid 232 crew, three weeks after they completed the race dubbed the World Toughest Row. With […]
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Unanimous support for new laws covering violence against women and girls
CYBER-flashing, deepfake pornography and non-fatal strangulation are among a series of abuses that will now be explicitly criminalised under sweeping new laws approved by the States Assembly yesterday. In a landmark package of legislation aimed at tackling violence against women and girls, politicians unanimously backed new offences covering intimate-image abuse, stalking, sexual threats and emergency […]
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NEWS FOCUS: Inside the government’s 25-year capital investment plan
WHAT’S the plan for the Island’s ageing schools, roads, and public buildings – and why have so many projects been delayed or shelved in recent years? The government has said it plans to tackle the problem with a new 25-year capital investment programme covering the next 25 years – with senior ministers describing it as an […]
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First look at designs for Jersey's new acute hospital at Overdale
THE first images showing how Jersey’s new acute hospital could look have been unveiled by the government with a planning application expected to be lodged later this year. Health Minister Tom Binet said he remained “confident” that the New Healthcare Facilities Programme, which seeks to build in several locations – including construction of the acute […]
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Waste mounds and café site on States agenda
WHAT to do with mounds of hazardous waste at La Collette and an empty café and car park at Grève de Lecq? These are two thorny issues that the States Assembly will be tackling next week during its last sitting before the summer break. Arguably the most important item on the agenda is a proposal […]
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Bid to save plans for single-site hospital at Overdale defeated in the States
A BID to get the States Assembly to commit to the single-site Overdale scheme has been defeated. Deputy Lyndon Farnham lodged a proposition last month aiming to prevent the government abandoning the approved Overdale plans until it had ‘certainty’ that the multi-site scheme – recommended by the Our Hospital Project review – was a better […]
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Letter to Faroes to condemn ‘slaughter’ of sea mammals
THE Chief Minister will write to the government of the Faroe Islands to condemn the annual practice of slaughtering of thousands of sea mammals, following a States Assembly debate. Deputy Lyndon Farnham asked Members to officially denounce what he described as ‘the mass slaughter of whales and dolphins and the unacceptable and brutal method of […]
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Demolition at Overdale begins in preparation for new facilities
WORK to demolish dilapidated and unused buildings at Overdale has begun as the Infrastructure Minister seeks full support for the government’s latest plan for new hospital facilities. Deputy Tom Binet said he was “hopeful” that the construction of the new acute hospital would begin in 2025, if the States Assembly backs the New Healthcare Facilities […]
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Plans to increase tax for super-rich residents
NEW super-rich residents will pay at least £250,000 a year in income tax, if proposals lodged by the Treasury Minister are approved by the States. Treasury Minister Ian Gorst has tabled proposals to increase the minimum tax payable by new 2(1)(e) residents under the High Value Residency Scheme. Previously, to be eligible for so-called high-value […]
