ST Helier residents should no longer be made to pay disproportionately high rates to fund public services used by people from across the Island, the Constable will tell the States this week.
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New hospital: Funds ‘could be borrowed’
MONEY could be borrowed from States savings to help fund a new hospital, the Treasury Minister has said.
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Ozouf: We have the money – now find the projects
MILLIONS of pounds of extra public money is ready and waiting to be ploughed into the economy if only departments had projects to spend it on, according to the Treasury Minister.
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Of course tax avoidance goes on in Jersey, Deputy tells Channel 4
AGGRESSIVE tax avoidance ‘absolutely’ goes on in Jersey, a States Deputy told a national television news programme on the eve of an international summit focusing on tax evasion.
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Our high standards will pay dividends now, says Ozouf
JERSEY is ready to reap the benefits of all that has been achieved from improving financial regulatory standards over the years, according to Treasury Minister Philip Ozouf.
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Hopes of drains for all dashed
IT is unrealistic to believe that the whole Island will be connected to the public sewer, Treasury Minister Philip Ozouf has said.
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Treasury Minister appointed to financial services
Chief Minister Ian Gorst has the power to appoint up to two assistants, who usually have responsibility for a certain area.
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When public and private conflict
CONTROVERSY ensued when Transport and Technical Services announced plans to move an ancient granite sea wall to accommodate a short stretch of cycle lane adjacent to the oldest part of St Helier Harbour.
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Don’t put finance on a pedestal
IT’S obvious, isn’t it? Deputy Montfort Tadier deserves to have opprobrium heaped on him for speaking ill of the Jersey finance industry to a French newspaper, Le Parisien. Yes, who could possibly disagree with Treasury Minister Philip Ozouf’s view of his colleague, whom he likens to a Guy Fawkes sitting in our legislature?
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Superfast service slowdown
IT is said that there are always two sides to a story, and that certainly seems to be the case with the apparent difficulties faced by Gigabit Jersey, the scheme to give every household in the Island access to super-fast broadband services.
