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A PROJECT to explore the possibility of building a wind farm in Jersey’s territorial waters is to get under way after being overwhelmingly backed by States Members yesterday. More detailed work will now be carried out following the decision – by 40 votes to one – to authorise the Council of Ministers to move ahead […]

NEW super-rich residents will pay at least £250,000 a year in income tax, if proposals lodged by the Treasury Minister are approved by the States. Treasury Minister Ian Gorst has tabled proposals to increase the minimum tax payable by new 2(1)(e) residents under the High Value Residency Scheme. Previously, to be eligible for so-called high-value […]

THE much-anticipated “first spade in the ground” for a new inpatients’ hospital at Overdale will be in the first half of 2025, providing the Assembly supports the plan, the politician in charge of the programme has said. Infrastructure Minister Tom Binet said that the removal of old buildings at the Westmount site had already begun. […]

FOOD banks are seeing a surge in demand from rural parishes as Islanders feel the squeeze from higher mortgage repayments and the rising cost of living. The increase has even prompted one charity to trial a new mobile food bank to go out to rural areas, in order to understand the true level of demand […]

GIVING more Islanders access to an assisted-purchase support scheme will not create more first-time buyers unless the number of properties released through the initiative is increased, according to a former Housing Minister. Deputy Sam Mézec has criticised a decision by Housing Minister David Warr to raise household income thresholds for his Assisted Purchase Home Ownership […]

THE CHIEF Minister has apologised for a social media post which ‘resulted in an unnecessary escalation in tensions’ with teaching unions. Deputy Kristina Moore, who is chair of the States Employment Board, further expressed her ‘regret’ during yesterday morning’s States Assembly sitting that schools were closed for the second time this year due to strike […]

REFORM Jersey has requested a meeting with Chief Minister Kristina Moore to “seek assurances” about how she will work with them “to change the direction of travel of the current government”. Ministers are “failing to take Jersey forward”, according to the letter signed by party leader Deputy Sam Mézec and deputy leader Deputy Lyndsay Feltham. […]

PLANS to update Jersey’s Residential Tenancy Law have been unveiled by the Housing Minister, with Islanders – and States Members – invited to put forward their views. Deputy David Warr said the main aim of the move was to provide more rights and protections for tenants and landlords in a ‘broadened and improved’ law. Deputy […]