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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Memorial garden could be created at Haut du Mont site
A MEMORIAL garden could feature at the site of the Pier Road explosion which claimed the lives of ten Islanders, according to the Housing Minister. Deputy Sam Mézec revealed in a written answer to former Housing Minister David Warr that “consideration is ongoing” about the future of the site at Haut du Mont – but […]
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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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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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‘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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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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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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Could the Island launch the Bank of Jersey?
HIGH-LEVEL talks, with the government’s chief executive among those participating, have taken place around the prospect of setting up a state-owned bank in Jersey. The notion that the Island could establish a publicly-owned bank, operating at arm’s length from government, has gathered weight after being put forward in the JEP by a former politician and […]
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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 […]
