THE development of 153 new ‘sustainable’ homes on the site of the former Planning Offices at South Hill has moved one step closer, after a scheme was registered on the planning website.
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Islanders continue tributes to a ‘true force of nature’
ISLANDERS have been paying tribute to Constable Sadie Le Sueur-Rennard, who died on Friday. Mrs Le Sueur-Rennard was taken ill in the morning and her death was formally announced by the Bailiff, Timothy Le Cocq, in the afternoon. She was elected as St Saviour Constable in 2011 before being returned unopposed in 2014 and 2018. […]
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Reform Jersey pledges to declare housing crisis
COMMITMENTS to remove GST from food by 2023, raise the minimum wage and formally declare a housing crisis have been included within Reform Jersey’s manifesto ahead of the June election. The political party today unveiled the 26-page document, which states that if its Members are elected it will form a strategic policy based on three […]
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Deputy Young: ‘OneGov stops ministers from leading officers’
ONEGOV, a five-year plan to streamline government departments introduced by former chief executive Charlie Parker, will be dismantled if the States support a proposition lodged by the Environment Minister. Deputy John Young, a persistent critic of ‘the disconnect between our ministerial structure and the way staff are organised in departments’, wants individual ministers to again […]
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‘Housing crisis may be the biggest single threat to Jersey’s prosperity’
JERSEY’S spiralling housing costs have been laid bare once again, with the latest figures showing that property prices climbed by £1,788 a week on average in 2021. One-bedroom flats now cost on average £339,000 – a near-£40,000 rise compared to 12 months earlier – while average working households are unable to ‘service a mortgage affordably’ […]
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Poorest to get an extra £20 a month
THOUSANDS of Islanders struggling to pay their bills will receive an extra £20 a month in a government bid to tackle the rising price of goods in Jersey. Social Security Minister Judy Martin said the changes would mean an extra £80 to a family of four on income support and could help to pay for […]
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Rents ‘funnelled’ out of Island by non-resident property owners
A RISE in the number of non-residential landlords means more money is being ‘funnelled’ out of the Island, the former housing minister has said. Senator Sam Mézec spoke out after it was revealed that 740 non-resident and 6,000 resident taxpayers declared rental income in 2019. In 2012, the figures stood at 400 and 4,070 respectively. […]
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Chief Minister in U-turn as Deputy quits finance role
THE Chief Minister was this morning due to face questions as to why External Relations Minister Philip Ozouf has stepped down from his political responsibility for the financial services industry – just five days after she publicly backed him. Deputy Ozouf resigned as minister with responsibility for the sector after being summonsed to attend the […]
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New 'Better Way' political coalition is formed
THE election campaign is heating up as two new candidates and a sitting Senator have announced their intention to stand. Senator Kristina Moore will be joined at the polls by data scientist Alex Curtis and Cooper and Co coffee owner David Warr. Senator Moore will be standing in the newly formed district of St Mary, […]
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'As the dust settles in the new-look States, will our ministers mix like coffee and cream or oil and water?'
By John Henwood HAVING wished the new Chief Minister, Deputy Kristina Moore, a happy honeymoon, it is right to wish all her ministers and assistant ministers the same because they too, particularly those new to the States, need a period in which to study the portfolios they have been handed. However, it is already clear […]
