A LEADING figure in the Jersey Chamber of Commerce says that the States’ spending projections could ‘end in tears’ because they are based on assumptions that income will grow significantly in the next three years.
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Health to get £1.7m injection
RADICAL health reforms that would completely change the way care is delivered in Jersey were set in motion last night with a £1.7 million investment from the Island’s contingency fund announced.
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Jersey could be top stop for technology
JERSEY could become a world leader in revolutionary digital technology if the States are prepared to invest in proper regulation and laws, an audience of almost 500 business leaders heard this week.
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Can these prices be justified?
ISLANDERS are scarcely in need of official retail price index figures or other statistics to understand that life in Jersey has become very expensive indeed. The weekly grocery shop, topping up a vehicle’s fuel tank or buying a round at the pub are activities which all confirm that this has become a very costly place to live.
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Highlighting problems and finding the answers
POLITICIANS get elected on words, ideas and their ability to show us, the public, that they have the qualities to represent our views in the best possible way. But, they earn respect, are judged and get re-elected based on their actions – on their ability to get things done or at the very least to try and get things done.
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A problem with the playing field
EVEN abbreviated as Fatca, the phrase Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act sounds dry as dust and is unlikely to encourage many people to turn to Google for more information. Unfortunately, the truth of the matter is that all Islanders should sit up and take notice when either the abbreviation or the complete phrase crops up.
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Treasury Minister: ‘I did not say there wouldn’t be tax increases’
THE Treasury Minister has denied saying that there would be no tax increases over the next three years – claiming instead that he was talking about not increasing the rates of Income Tax or GST.
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Chief Minister backs Senator Ozouf
CHIEF Minister Ian Gorst has backed his under-fire Treasury Minister over the collapse of the Lime Grove deal and bullying allegations.
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House prices go up – but deposit loans on the way
ISLANDERS struggling to get a foot on the property ladder could soon receive help from the States after ministers announced they were weeks away from unveiling a new deposit loan scheme.
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Jobs, cash and hope
MINISTERIAL plans for £2 billion worth of spending over the next three years will create jobs and stimulate economic recovery, Treasury Minister Philip Ozouf told the States at the start of a major debate on Jersey’s future on Tuesday.
