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FEWER Islanders should be refused a credit card if politicians back a proposal this week to make it easier for credit-checking agencies to access information in Jersey. At its next sitting, the States Assembly is being asked to support a legislative tweak to allow these companies to access the Island’s official Register of Names and […]

JERSEY’S new government has been urged by former Chief Minister Kristina Moore not to ditch the work of the previous administration. In a handover letter sent to her replacement, Deputy Lyndon Farnham, Deputy Moore called for a “smooth transition” between the two ministerial teams to ensure stability. Deputy Farnham’s new-look Council of Ministers was elected […]

A SCHEME allowing French people to visit the Island on day trips using their national identity cards has been extended to the end of next summer, the Home Affairs Minister has announced. Deputy Helen Miles said the decision was made following “a significant increase” in day trips being made from France to Jersey since the […]

NIGEL Farage could be considering a move to the Channel Islands… The former UKIP leader told ITV’s Robert Peston this week that he may make the journey across the water – if Brexit was a failure. The TV host asked: ‘You also famously said that if you were persuaded that Brexit had definitively failed that […]

THE Chief Minister has reshuffled her team following the shock resignation of Assistant Chief Minister Andy Jehan. Meanwhile, the chief Health scrutineer has said that government should stop having “internal battles played out in public” and instead show “coherent governance”. Mr Jehan stood down from his ministerial role at the weekend, citing “severe concerns” over […]

THE first French tourists to enter Jersey under a new post-Brexit ID card scheme are due to arrive in the Island on Saturday. A delegation from the Conseil Départemental de la Manche – the regional authority which supports the Manche Iles Express ferry service – is also due to meet government representatives in Jersey and […]

JERSEY and Guernsey have formalised links with Brittany by signing a memorandum of understanding with the region for the first time, which the islands hope will open up tourism, education and transport opportunities. The announcement comes after Guernsey hosted an annual political summit with the departmental council of Ille-et-Vilaine and a meeting with the regional […]

THE Health Minister has defended a new health board in the wake of strong criticism about its cost. After former Assistant Chief Minister Andy Jehan cited the “indefensible misuse of taxpayers money” spent on the Health Advisory Board as a key factor in his decision to resign from government, Deputy Karen Wilson said she believed […]

A ‘VERY high priority’ is being placed on improving Jersey’s relationship with France, according to the External Relations Minister. Deputy Philip Ozouf, who recently met French diplomat Gerrit van Rossum, also said that an updated Common Policy for External Relations (CPER) – which sets out the principles for the conduct of Jersey’s foreign relations – […]