THE Treasury Minister and senior civil servants are to blame for the collapse of the deal to move the police station to Green Street roundabout, the man in charge of securing the deal said on Friday.
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Tax news for families gets better
TAX thresholds will go up in line with inflation and the cap on childcare relief will be almost doubled under ministerial plans outlined today.
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The world’s in crisis – but we’re OK
JERSEY’s economy is in ‘robust health’ and in good shape to withstand the economic turmoil causing havoc around the world, according to Treasury Minister Philip Ozouf.
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It seems that no one in our States can go to the lavatory without calling in consultants
WE’VE all known for years that the gravy train ends at Cyril Le Marquand House and its affiliated publicly owned offices, and last week we found out where it begins – on the situations vacant pages of The Times, no less.
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New foriegn minister appointment criticised
BACKBENCH States Members have complained about Senator Freddie Cohen’s appointment as Jersey’s first ‘foreign secretary’ and what they see as the growing influence of the ‘Ozouf Party’.
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Call for review of publicly funded broadband scheme
QUESTIONS are being asked about the viability of a £40 million scheme to put superfast broadband into every Island home.
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Tax move to entice the super-rich
SUPER-RICH immigrants could pay just 1% tax on all income after a minimum £125,000 bill was proposed under new plans to entice them to live in Jersey.
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Fears for a lack of fulfilment
THE expression ‘it was too good to last’, which is often delivered with a wistful shake of the head, might well be applied to the Jersey mail-order fulfilment industry.
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Maybe I am mellowing with age – but noisy children at a café still got my blood boiling
IT’S funny how you say something and almost immediately something happens to demonstrate just how wrong you are.
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Welcome action on jobs
HIGH levels of unemployment were, until quite recently, a foreign phenomenon as far as Jersey was concerned.
