The Chief Minister says that the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry should be given as much money is needed. But he warns against spending taxpayers’ money carelessly and says taxes should not be raised to fund it There were warnings last week that costs could spiral to £50 million Comment: What the JEP thinks (below) A […]
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Chief Minister: ‘Abuse inquiry should have blank cheque’
The Chief Minister says that the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry should be given as much money is needed. But he warns against spending taxpayers’ money carelessly and says taxes should not be raised to fund it There were warnings last week that costs could spiral to £50 million Comment: What the JEP thinks (below) A […]
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Report blames Le Sueur for £546,000 pay-out to Ogley
FORMER Chief Minister Terry Le Sueur was to blame for the taxpayer having to fork out £546,337.50p to pay off ex-States chief executive Bill Ogley, a report has found.
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Quite a lot of people have got A Philip Ozouf Story
So it turns out that quite a lot of people have got A Philip Ozouf Story.
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The full scale of the fiasco
IT is blindingly obvious that lessons must be learned in the aftermath of the golden handshake fiasco which led to former States chief executive Bill Ogley leaving his post and the Island with a pay-off of more than £546,000, or two-and-a-half times his annual salary.
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Golden handshake: Le Sueur ‘failed to spot falling-out’
FORMER Chief Minister Terry Le Sueur failed to spot a breakdown in relations between former States chief executive Bill Ogley and Treasury Minister Philip Ozouf before it was too late, he told a Scrutiny panel on Tuesday.
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Senator Ozouf a team player? He must be having a laugh
From Ted Vibert. YOUR edition of 24 March could be entitled ‘the Philip Ozouf Gazette’ with so much space devoted to the Treasury Minister telling us all what a splendidly efficient fellow he is and what wonderful things he has done for Jersey. All of this, of course, is calculated to try and deflect the […]
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From £200,000 asset to £546,337 liability? Er, no
So, one day, he’s indispensible: the dynamic, modernising head of a sleek, efficient public sector machine.
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Inquiry must be free to do its job
THERE will have been some people who read this week’s stories on a proposed new tack for the terms of reference of a Committee of Inquiry into historical child abuse and not really understood the significance, turned the page, and read something else.
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Chief Minister’s race: Le Marquand pulls out
SENATOR Ian Le Marquand this morning pulled out of the race for Chief Minister, saying he no longer thought he could win.
