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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Jersey should be a 'Crown Territory', says Deputy
THE government should open discussions with counterparts in Guernsey and the Isle of Man to ask the UK government to restyle the three islands as “Crown Territories”, a former External Relations Minister has argued. Deputy Sir Philip Bailhache, Jersey’s first “foreign affairs minister” and Bailiff for 14 years until 2019, said that calling the islands […]
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Vote of no confidence against Jersey's Chief Minister leads tomorrow’s States Meeting
TOMORROW’S States meeting will be dominated by Deputy Tom Binet’s no-confidence vote seeking to unseat Chief Minister Kristina Moore. The former Infrastructure Minister’s proposition sets out a number of issues – including the resignation of former chief executive Suzanne Wylie, issues around the new-hospital development and the resignation of former Assistant Chief Minister Constable Andy […]
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Foreshore saga ends with £50,000 refund for home owners
HOME owners who were pursued by the government for £50,000 because their properties were deemed to have “encroached” on the foreshore have been refunded following a lengthy battle. Alan Luce and Julian Mallinson lodged a complaint in 2016 after being forced to pay the compensation between them when selling their properties at Grève d’Azette. Over […]
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The Chief Minister debate: what happens in a tie?
STATES Members are due to meet tomorrow morning to vote for the Island’s new Chief Minister… but the race is so close that the JEP has had to ask: what happens in a tie? With 49 votes up for grabs, a candidate needs a majority of 25 votes to secure the role. As neither of […]
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Minister withdraws plans to tighten tree legislation
THE Environment Minister has axed his proposals to tighten Jersey’s tree legislation and acknowledged the “need to pause” as the Island recovers from Storm Ciarán – while committing to another “ground up” review. Deputy Jonathan Renouf has also written to his colleagues urging them to reject an “unnecessary” proposition lodged by a former Bailiff, Deputy […]
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Jersey's foreshore dispute: Payouts to fined coastal homeowners now in limbo
COMPENSATION payments to Islanders who were fined tens of thousands of pounds after coastal properties they owned were deemed to have encroached on the foreshore are in limbo following a ministerial reshuffle. Former Infrastructure Minister Tom Binet said he had signed off on payments totalling more than £50,000 for two homeowners who had to pay […]
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Social security funds are ‘not a convenient piggy bank’, says former Bailiff
SOCIAL security funds are not a “convenient piggy bank” for the government to “draw at will”, a former Bailiff has said in his amendment to minister’s spending plans. The Government Plan, which will be debated by the Assembly in December, proposes transferring money between its current account and funds which are ring-fenced to pay the […]
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Politicians can vote to elect Jersey's Chief Minister while on holiday
STATES Members who booked travels abroad before an “unforeseen” no-confidence motion can now participate remotely in meetings to select a new Chief Minister. Last week, Deputy Moz Scott lodged the proposition to review a Bailiff’s ruling in the wake of the no-confidence vote which former Infrastructure Minister Tom Binet brought against Deputy Kristina Moore. Following […]
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Jersey's show of support after devastating tsunami 20 years ago
THE distance between Jersey and south-east Asia may have been too great for the Island to be physically affected by one of the deadliest natural disasters in history, but the shockwaves reverberated massively on the other side of the world. On Boxing Day 2004, at just before 8am Indonesia time, an earthquake struck off the […]
