HIGH levels of unemployment were, until quite recently, a foreign phenomenon as far as Jersey was concerned.
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How the burden of tax falls
By comparison with some other places, Jersey may still be a lightly taxed jurisdiction, but the way in which Islanders are now being taxed is a growing cause for concern.
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Staff ‘are the key to success’
EMPLOYEE engagement can play a key part in achieving economic growth, Treasury Minister Philip Ozouf told an audience of human resources professionals.
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£65m savings ‘all but impossible’ after school vote
IT may now be impossible to deliver the £65 million public sector savings programme following the States decision to protect Jersey schools from funding cuts, Treasury Minister Philip Ozouf has said.
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More than 10,000 Islanders ‘support call to sack Ozouf’
MORE than 10,000 Islanders have signed a petition to sack Treasury Minister Philip Ozouf.
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Business as usual will not work any longer
From Nick Palmer. I APPRECIATED Daniel Wimberley’s swansong letter (JEP, 14 October), as he approaches the end of his too brief membership of the States. While reading his criticisms of what he calls the ‘business party’ or ‘old guard’, I noticed that his letter left out some rather big topics. What was missing was criticism […]
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Taxpayer could lose £8m over Lime Grove fiasco
THE collapse of a deal to move the police station to Green Street will cost the taxpayer up to £8 million, the Home Affairs Minister said yesterday.
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If we are employing highly paid people, why are we asking fhe public to do their work for them?
SOMEONE is sure to be able to tell me, although they’ll probably argue that researching it would be a waste of valuable civil service time, what the gross salary packages for the upper echelons of the States hired help actually cost us a year.
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‘Economy showing signs of recovery’
THERE are signs that Jersey’s economy is no longer in recession, according to the Treasury Minister.
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I am fed up with my money being used to subsidise so-called first-time-buyer homes, only to see those properties sold at huge profits
WHY is it that our elected representatives only seem to get support for what they say or do when they are opposing – as against proposing – something?
