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A VOTE of no confidence in the Chief Minister has been lodged – and it already has the backing of 13 politicians.

WITH an apparent split in the Council of Ministers becoming evident, divisions among ministers over the government’s media strategy following last year’s EU referendum have been revealed.

HOW refreshing that we have a States Member who is willing to stand up to the Council of Ministers and declare that he will be bringing a vote of no confidence against the Chief Minister.

THE Chief Minister could soon be fighting to save his job, as a vote of no confidence in him is expected to be lodged by Tuesday – and it is claimed 15 to 20 backbenchers support the move.

THE Council of Ministers is a ‘house of cards’ that could be about to topple, the politician leading a no-confidence vote in the Chief Minister has said.

CRACKS are beginning to appear in the Council of Ministers as ‘differing opinions’ among the Island’s most senior politicians on the Jersey Innovation Fund and hospital funding threaten to undermine ministerial government.

TENSIONS in the Council of Ministers caused by differing opinions over the Jersey Innovation Fund, the ministerial future of Senator Philip Ozouf and divisions over funding the new hospital have settled but not gone away, the JEP understands.

TRIBUTES have been paid to former States Member Harry Baudains, who has died at the age of 83.

IT’S ‘political suicide’ that Senator Philip Ozouf has been reappointed as Assistant Chief Minister, a backbencher has said.