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POLITICIANS are this week due to decide if an extra £14 million will be given to the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry.

The Independent Jersey Care Inquiry was set up following a proposal by Senator Francis Le Gresley that was backed by the States in 2011. It has been charged with investigating what went wrong in Jersey’s care system in the years following 1945. It launched in April 2014 and the first public hearings began on 22 […]

FURTHER States debates on approving more funding for the inquiry into historical child abuse cannot be ruled out, the Chief Minister says.

Trip taken by 13 survivors of German internee camp Bad Wurzach – 70 years on from is liberation Extra poignant for survivors as it will be the last time they take this trip Former internees will revisit the camp where they spent more than two years How Jersey and Bad Wurzach came to be twinned […]

States Question Time round-up below UK-style student loan system ‘unlikely’ to be introduced in Jersey Question Time in numbers A STUDENT loans system similar to the one already in use in the UK is ‘unlikely’ to be introduced in Jersey, the Education Minister has said. ALL 49 elected Members were present at the start of […]

THE External Relations Minister has said he is ‘not at all ashamed’ of Jersey pursuing trade links with China, despite the country’s poor human rights record.

A PORTRAIT of the Bailiff, Sir Michael Birt, was unveiled in the Royal Court last week to mark his retirement after five years in the role.

Latest from inquiry – woman says she was ‘let down’ by prosecutors The results of our online poll over the cost of the inquiry The JEP’s view: It’s time for compromise Care leavers blame States for spiralling costs THE States have only themselves to blame for the spiralling costs of the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry, […]

STEPS must be taken to establish how child abuse in Jersey care homes remained hidden for so long and whether political interference may have prevented people from being prosecuted.

UK General Election taking place today Senior civil servant believes Jersey should be prepared for continued uncertainty and unexpected consequences, regardless of who triumphs Do a third of you really think that voting Ukip is the answer to Britain’s problems? Comment by Ramsay Cudlipp JERSEY should be prepared for continued uncertainty and unexpected consequences, regardless […]