TREE planting and protection will be on the agenda for a new advisory board established nine months after Storm Ciarán caused widespread devastation to the Island’s landscape. Environment Minister Steve Luce said the Tree Advisory Board, a group of sector specialists, will advise on how trees should be better protected and managed, as well as […]
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'In most respects the increase in the living wage is a good thing. However, I do have concerns'
By John Henwood JERSEY’S minimum wage is due to increase from its current £11.64 an hour to £13 – the so-called living wage – next April. The government plans to go further by raising the minimum to two-thirds of median earnings by 2026. At present the median is £850 per week; if applied now it […]
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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 […]
