TAXES should not have to rise to fund a new hospital after the States today published one of the strongest set of accounts for years, the Treasury Minister has said.
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Reform that needs a rethink
THIS year’s referendum on States reform was, from the outset, a highly unsatisfactory procedure. Finally, it degenerated into farce, as a majority of States Members chose to ignore its result – on the not unreasonable grounds that it can hardly be said to have represented the will of the people because the vote was so abysmally low.
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Cameron gives Jersey a boost
IT came out of the blue, but, as Treasury Minister Philip Ozouf has said, it represented the turning of a page in Jersey’s relationship with the United Kingdom.
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Referendum rejection ‘compromises election’
NEXT year’s election has been ‘seriously compromised’ by the States’ rejection of the referendum result, according to the Treasury Minister, who is now proposing a new way to reform the Assembly.
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Deputies query Michelin-star dining
ST HELIER Deputies have challenged the £1,000 spent on a gourmet dinner for Island officials and UK MPs at one of Jersey’s top restaurants.
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Home buyers deposit boost almost ready
ISLANDERS struggling to buy their first home could receive a States-funded boost to their deposit ‘within days’, according to the Treasury Minister.
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Ministers welcome French ambassador
SENIOR Island politicians and officials have held talks on a range of subjects with the French ambassador to the UK who has been paying a visit to the Island this week.
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I can’t hit UK retailers with any more tax, says Ozouf
CHARGING large UK retailers operating in Jersey higher taxes could breach EU regulations, the Treasury Minister has said.
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Treasury Minister ‘wrong to enter debate on Charing Cross’
TREASURY Minister Philip Ozouf should not have waded in to the public debate about the Co-op’s Charing Cross development, according to the chairman of the Planning applications panel.
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Unions attack ‘misleading’ £28m savings claim
PUBLIC sector unions have accused the Treasury Minister of hiding the truth to justify denying thousands of States workers a pay rise.
