TREASURY Minister Philip Ozouf has called for the States to grant equal marriage rights for same-sex couples in Jersey in the next two years after a landmark vote in the UK yesterday.
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Sharing the burden of costs
IMPORTANT questions will be asked tomorrow by the Corporate Services Scrutiny panel, chaired by Senator Sarah Ferguson.
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Minister’s claim prompts full proble into tobacco marketing
AN investigation of the tobacco market in Jersey by the competition watchdog is likely to include a complete market review of pricing, costs, profits and processes, it has been confirmed.
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Don’t flush peoples hopes for sanitation down the drain
PICTURE the scene: we have family from the UK to stay, we have shown them some of our favourite sights, like St Ouen’s Bay, Durrell, the Jersey cows at the bottom of the garden and Longueville Manor.
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Making the most of savings
WITH good reason Treasury Minister Philip Ozouf has congratulated States departments on making savings above and beyond targets set by the Comprehensive Spending Review.
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Fall in motoring costs drive reduction in rate of inflation
PRICES in Jersey rose more slowly than in the UK and Guernsey last year, according to the latest figures out today.
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£5m fund will plug job losses
UNEMPLOYMENT is rising and Jersey needs to act quickly to ‘kick start’ the economy by funding people with innovative business ideas, the Treasury Minister has warned.
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Reasons for cautious optimism
TREASURY Minister Philip Ozouf is entirely right to be pleased with the condition of States finances – as revealed by the recently published accounts for 2012. Spending for the year was 2.5 per cent below budget and revenues were above budget by the same margin.
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Referendum: Option A, B or C?
Today, Islanders are being invited to vote in a referendum on States reform.
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Ownership at too high a price?
IT is hard to find fault with the advice offered to first-time buyers by the joint presidents of the Jersey Estate Agents Association, Shelagh Marett and Marcus Matthews.
