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THE majority of Jersey’s election candidates have said they would support legalising assisted dying, after an Islander whose mother plans to end her life at a Dignitas clinic contacted all those vying for a seat in the States.

THE Health Minister has defended himself after he was criticised for using a planning mechanism described by a backbencher as a ‘neighbour’s enemy and the developer’s friend’ in the application for the Future Hospital project.

PLANS for 63 new homes on a redundant retail and warehouse site at Beaumont have been approved by the Planning Committee.

A £10 MILLION investment to create more income for Jersey Airport by tapping into the private and corporate aviation sector has been given the go-ahead by the Planning Committee.

SPECIALIST consultants from the UK are due to be appointed to help draw up plans for a new Island skate park, the assistant minister responsible for sport has said.

MINISTERIAL government and the way the civil service is run is to be overhauled after States Members backed Chief Minister Ian Gorst’s plans to reform the machinery of government.

NON-British citizens are no longer allowed to stand for election as Constables after the States voted to close a loophole in the law.

POLITICIANS lacked the ‘full facts’ and failed to consult businesses before approving an anti-pollution tax increase which many small firms fear could ruin them, the Jersey Hospitality Association president has said.

ENSURING there is adequate funding and appropriate staffing levels to support vulnerable young Islanders will be key to responding to the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry’s report, Members have said.