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 […]
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Replacing Jersey's hospital to take another eight years
REPLACING Jersey’s ageing General Hospital is set to take another eight years, the government has estimated in a new report branded a ‘shambles’ by a leading critic. Infrastructure Minister Tom Binet presented more details of the government’s multi-site approach yesterday, under the title ‘Delivering New Healthcare Facilities’, which has replaced the previously used ‘Future Hospital’ […]
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Draft taxation law lodged for debate
A NEW draft law has been lodged to make independent taxation compulsory. The legislation is ‘the final stage in the process of moving away from the outdated system of taxing couples differently depending on their marital status’, according to Social Security Minister Elaine Millar. In a report accompanying the draft legislation, which is due to […]
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Interview: “We’ve got to consider the wellbeing of children”
“I WOULD love to continue as Children’s Minister,” said St Peter Constable Richard Vibert, confirming his intention to stand in next year’s election. “We have to wait and see who will be the next Chief Minister, who will form the next government – and I might find that that’s not possible – but what I […]
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Jersey minister brands 'cancel culture' accusation 'utter nonsense'
THE minister overseeing several large government projects which have been shelved or amended – including the new hospital and Fort Regent – has strongly rejected claims that decisions have been politically motivated. Infrastructure Minister Tom Binet said the idea that the government had adopted a ‘cancel culture’ in dropping schemes started by the past Council […]
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Jersey's Chief Minister-designate sets his sights on new ministerial team
“GRATEFUL”, “slightly overwhelmed” and with “no time to celebrate”, Jersey’s newly-elected Chief Minister-designate Lyndon Farnham has already turned his mind to some of the main tasks the next government will be faced with – including delivering the Island’s new hospital. In the States yesterday, Reform Jersey leader Deputy Sam Mézec dropped out of the race […]
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Ministers given mandate to buy Grève de Lecq café site
THE States have given approval for the government to buy an empty café and car park at Grève de Lecq – but what price the public is prepared to pay remains unclear. This week, States Members gave their firm backing to a proposal by Deputy Lyndon Farnham to ask Treasury Minister Ian Gorst and Infrastructure […]
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‘One hell of a fight’ – Housing Minister and fellow Members get ready for rent debate
AREAS of consensus may sometimes be in short supply in the States Assembly, but most, if not all, politicians who took their oaths of office in July 2022 following the Island’s most recent election agreed that changes needed to be made to the Residential Tenancy Law. Initially, responsibility for this matter sat with Deputy David […]
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Jersey ministers support principle of buying Grève de Lecq site
THE Chief Minister and senior members of the government have said they support the principle of buying a former café at Grève de Lecq to safeguard it for the public. But Deputy Kristina Moore and Treasury Minister Ian Gorst, who represent voters in the north-west of the Island, say that a debate in the States […]
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New-hospital U-turn ‘is risking Islanders’ health’
THE government has wasted time and money by disregarding States Assembly decisions and could be halfway to having a new hospital built had the previous project not been scrapped, a former minister has said. Deputy Lyndon Farnham, who held political responsibility for the project during the previous government’s term of office, believes that the decision […]
