From David Lakin. WHY does Senator Philip Ozouf need to borrow £250 million to fund his social housing programme when he gets £40-50 million a year in rents from the ordinary people who presently reside in States housing? Why is it Jersey has some of the worse roads possible when we have over 1,800 people […]
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Work on finance district could begin in March
WORK on Jersey’s flagship financial district could begin within months after the Treasury Minister released ‘fundamental’ funding for the scheme.
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Why we should spell out clearly the proper way to go
MANY years ago a fellow columnist in this newspaper said of young Philip Ozouf that he was up and down in his seat in the Big House so frequently during one particular sitting that he was ‘like a hyperactive yo-yo’.
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Ozouf: ‘We will meet new tax standards’
JERSEY will respond positively to David Cameron’s latest moves to spearhead international action targeting ‘shadowy illegal practices’ including tax evasion, the Treasury Minister said yesterday.
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Minister: Middle East links are now starting to pay dividends
JERSEY is reaping the benefits of a decade of relationship building in the Middle East, according to Treasury Minister Philip Ozouf who has just completed a trip to Qatar.
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This financial decision is a misguided folly, minister
From Roy Travert. WITHOUT a shadow of doubt, Treasury Minister Philip Ozouf has just made the most dangerous financial decision in living memory. His misguided folly to borrow £500 million to build social housing in Jersey is a financial disaster in the making. The States of Jersey have endorsed this ill-fated policy and voted it […]
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Chamber gives a lukewarm reception to proposed Budget
THE Treasury Minister Philip Ozouf’s 2014 budget has been given a ‘could do better’ rating by members of the Jersey Chamber of Commerce.
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UK architects paid £700,000 in fees for new finance centre
ALMOST three quarters of a million pounds has been spent on UK architects’ fees for the Island’s new finance centre, leaving Jersey’s design industry furious at being overlooked.
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Will debt be Ozouf’s legacy?
IT now costs an eye-watering £670 million a year to run Jersey’s public services.
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New hospital: Treasury Minister defends use of ‘rainy day’ fund
THE withdrawal of money from the ‘rainy day fund’ to pay for a new Hospital would not set a precedent for the fund to be raided to pay for other projects, the Treasury Minister has told a Scrutiny panel.
