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TOUGHER vetting procedures are likely to be imposed on wealthy individuals wishing to move to Jersey if they have links to the Russian government, the External Relations Minister has said.

PROPOSALS to introduce a new commissioner with responsibility for ensuring enough affordable housing and greater controls on the supply of social housing have been rejected by the States.

FOUR wealthy Russians have been granted the right to live in Jersey in the past five years, the director of high-value residency at Locate Jersey Kevin Lemasney has confirmed.

PROPOSALS to halve the top rate of a controversial retail tax should be brought back before the new States Assembly, a Constable has said after a ‘private matter’ meant he missed a tied vote on the issue.

A STATES decision to ban landlords from advertising for tenants without children will force up rents and reduce the number of properties available for families, critics of the move have warned.

SENATOR Philip Ozouf – one of the most high-profile figures in Jersey politics for the past 20 years – has announced that he is not seeking re-election and will leave the States in May.

A BESTSELLING author whose lawyer died in a Russian prison has called on Jersey to pass tough new laws to prevent the fortunes of corrupt oligarchs connected to the Kremlin flowing through the Island.

A REQUIREMENT that Deputies and Senators must be British citizens will remain in place after the States opted not to change election eligibility rules.