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EDUCATION Minister Rod Bryans is expected to face a grilling from backbenchers during tomorrow’s States sitting over cuts affecting his department proposed in the Medium Term Financial Plan Addition, which was published last week.

CONTROVERSIAL plans to scrap free nursery education for families earning more than £75,000 have been completely revised – with Education pushing the threshold back to £85,000 and bringing in a sliding scale of free hours up to £100,000.

THE daughter of an Islander who was deported to Bad Wurzach during the Occupation has received the British Empire Medal for her services to the reconciliation of Jersey and the German town.

CUTS to nursery funding, reform of the States Assembly and pollution in the Island’s water supply will be among the topics discussed at the next States sitting on Tuesday.

PROPOSED cuts to private nursery care could put off middle-income couples from having more children, according to a Jersey charity.

THE proposed household income cut-off point for parents to receive free private nursery care could be revised, the Education Minister has said.

TOO many major decisions affecting Islanders’ lives are being made by ministers without being debated in the States, a backbencher has warned.

A DECISION to cut funding for private nursery care could be revoked and taken to the States for approval, if a proposition is passed.

THE Island’s Education Minister revealed at a meeting packed with aggrieved parents on Wednesday that his plans to cut free nursery care were ‘not final’.

THERE is a sense of urgency in the need to find a solution to bring the cost of university down for Island students, Education Minister Rod Bryans acknowledged on Thursday.