RENEWED moves to have an elected Speaker preside over the States Assembly, ending the historic but controversial presiding role fulfilled by the Bailiff, will be debated next month. More than a third of the 49 States Members have already signed up to support a proposition by Infrastructure Minister Andy Jehan which would see the election […]
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Minister proposes extending death grant to parents of stillborn children
DEATH grant payments will be extended to the parents of a stillborn child, if States Members back a proposal from the Social Security Minister. Deputy Lyndsay Feltham has lodged the Draft Social Security Law (Parental Allowance and Death Grant) amendment, which, if successful, will also mean that parents of newborn babies who require urgent hospital […]
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No funding yet to progress plans to charge ‘windfall’ tax on fields
PLANS for a windfall “charge” to recover some of the vast profits generated when a field is rezoned for housing are on hold due to a lack of funding, it has emerged. Last April, States Members backed the majority of a proposal from Reform’s Deputy Raluca Kovacs calling for some form of charge – such […]
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Politicians join call to reopen Howard Davis Hall
ST Saviour politicians have joined the voices calling for Howard Davis Hall to be reopened to the public after it was shuttered in 2022. The JEP reached out to all representatives of the parish after the last surviving direct descendant of TB Davis, Aylwen Lyddell, told this newspaper that her great-grandfather would be “turning in […]
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Three years into the ‘Bridging’ Island Plan – what’s being developed?
IT sparked fierce debate, waves of amendments and no shortage of controversy. Billed as a fast-track planning blueprint to ease Jersey’s housing crisis and support the economy, the Bridging Island Plan was approved by States Members in March 2022, and saw several green fields across the Island rezoned for housing. Ordinarily, an Island Plan spans […]
