NEWLY-ELECTED ministers, as well as several of those they replaced, are set to take centre stage as the States Assembly meets for the first time since the new government came to power. When the Assembly sitting begins tomorrow morning, Chief Minister Lyndon Farnham, Health Minister Tom Binet and Housing Minister Sam Mézec will be grilled […]
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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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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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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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Retrials for hung jury cases to be reintroduced
RETRIALS in instances where a jury cannot reach a verdict will be reintroduced following the L’Ecume II case where a decision was not reached on manslaughter charges. The States Assembly yesterday approved a swathe of amendments to the Island’s Criminal Procedures Law – the most controversial of which would allow for a single retrial in […]
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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 […]
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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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Update on new law to help rental sector ‘thrive’
A NEW residential tenancy law, set to be brought forward later this year, will provide “the bedrock for a thriving rental sector”, the Housing Minister has said. Deputy Sam Mézec has issued an update to the States Assembly about his proposed legislation, which he hopes will be in force by next year. The new law […]
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‘National day’ status won’t mean day off work or school for most next year
A DECISION to designate Liberation Day as Jersey’s official national day will not mean a day off for most Islanders in 2026 or 2027 as it falls on a weekend and there will be no substitute bank holiday, the Chief Minister has confirmed. Deputy Lyndon Farnham said last week’s vote in the States Assembly to […]
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New Chief Minister will be chosen today
JERSEY’S politicians will meet today to elect a new Chief Minister. Over the course of this morning, current Treasury Minister Ian Gorst, Deputy Sam Mézec and Deputy Lyndon Farnham (pictured below) are expected to make a ten-minute appeal to the Assembly on why they deserve the role. As with last week’s no-confidence vote, which saw […]
