TAXPAYERS paid nearly £11,000 for two ministers and a senior officer to travel to one of the remotest islands on Earth for a conference last month, a JEP freedom-of-information request has revealed. The total cost for Housing Minister Sam Mézec, Home Affairs Minister Mary Le Hegarat, and a senior officer from the States Greffe to […]
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Pets in rental homes: Bid to introduce guidance, not law
A BACKBENCHER is attempting to amend a proposition so that it requests officers put together “guidance” rather than actual legislative changes around allowing or banning pets from rental properties. Deputy David Warr, who has previously criticised the strictness of rental licensing schemes, lodged his amendment to Deputy Catherine Curtis’s proposition this week. This proposal requested […]
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Tributes for ex-Catholic Dean who helped minority groups
THE former head of the Catholic Church in Jersey, who held the post for almost 20 years, has died, prompting a stream of tributes from Islanders. Monsignor Canon Nicholas France, who was 81, was the Roman Catholic Dean of Jersey from 1999 to 2018, when he was known for his service to the Catholic community […]
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Move to reverse social security ‘plundering’ defeated in opening Budget vote
THE government survived the first challenge to its Budget as an amendment criticising “profligate” public spending was defeated, albeit with one minister voting against his colleagues. Health Minister Tom Binet was among 15 Members to vote in favour of the amendment by Deputy Philip Bailhache, who proposed that withdrawals from the Social Security Fund in […]
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Housing Minister is to ‘make a case’ for cap on rent increases
JERSEY’S Housing Minister has stated that he will “make a case” for a cap on rent increases – shortly after unveiling proposals to update the Island’s rental tenancy legislation. Speaking during yesterday’s Environment, Housing and Infrastructure Scrutiny Panel hearing, Deputy Mézec acknowledged that such a move would be “controversial” but added that he believed there […]
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Jersey must build more family homes to stop young people leaving, says Housing Minister
JERSEY must stop prioritising flats and start building more family homes if it wants to reverse its falling birth rate and tackle the so-called ‘bean drain’, the Housing Minister has said. Deputy Sam Mézec made the comments after the government unveiled a long-term infrastructure strategy this week, which includes a target of delivering up to […]
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New rent control proposals could cause landlords to ‘throw in the towel’, JLA says
LANDLORDS have hit out at the Housing Minister’s “worrying” plans to introduce rent stabilisation measures. Guy Morris, chair of the Jersey Landlords Association, said that Deputy Sam Mézec’s new residential tenancy law – set to be brought forward later this year – could cause his members to “throw in the towel” and worsen the Island’s […]
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Housing Minister ends empty-home reporting for ‘not producing results’
A SCHEME asking Islanders to report vacant properties – to get unused homes back on the market – is being axed by the new Housing Minister, just over a year after it was launched by his predecessor. During a Scrutiny hearing, Deputy Sam Mézec told former Housing Minister David Warr that the Empty Homes Service […]
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Call for better ‘messaging’ on income tax and social security in pension petition debate
STATES Members have called for better communication from the government to Islanders about issues relating to tax and social security. During a debate about whether old-age pensions should be exempt from tax, the Treasury Minister acknowledged criticism about the failure to offer taxpayers adequate explanations about how their rates and payments were calculated. The “in-committee” […]
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Gender pay gap solutions sought
PRESSURE is mounting on businesses to publish their gender pay gap data following an action group meeting to discuss the disparity. Dozens attended BDO’s offices in Windward House on the evening of Thursday 6 June for the second Gender Pay Gap Round Table. Attendees included four States Members – Housing Minister Sam Mézec, Deputies Lucy […]
