FIRST-TIME buyer policies will be evaluated and adapted to make it easier for growing families to move up the property ladder, the Housing Minister has said. Speaking during States question time, Deputy Sam Mézec said that he had already implemented changes which make it easier for families to “regain their first-time buyer status” while adding […]
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Love with Labour’s lost: Reform Jersey leader cancels Labour Party membership
Reform Jersey leader Sam Mézec has severed his long-standing membership of the UK Labour Party – denouncing it as “deeply ugly”, “nasty” and incompetent. As an 18-year-old living in London, Deputy Mézec joined Labour because he believed “Tory austerity was proving to be a disaster”. He saw Labour as offering the “transformational change to get […]
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Politicians move to end the Bailiff’s dual role
RENEWED moves to have an elected Speaker preside over the States Assembly, ending the historic but controversial presiding role fulfilled by the Bailiff, will be debated next month. More than a third of the 49 States Members have already signed up to support a proposition by Infrastructure Minister Andy Jehan which would see the election […]
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Deadline this Sunday for last round of First Step scheme for 2024
ISLANDERS struggling to get a foot on the property ladder have just days left to apply for a scheme for first-time buyers. Housing Minister Sam Mézec has issued a reminder to apply for the final round of the First Step scheme this year. The initiative offers first-time buyers an interest-free equity loan covering up to […]
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Budget plans described as best option by Treasury Minister
PLANS to reduce the government’s annual grant to the Social Security Fund in order to tackle the Island’s financial deficit have been defended by the Treasury Minister. Appearing at a Scrutiny hearing about the proposed Budget for the next four years, Deputy Elaine Millar was adamant that cutting the contribution to the fund was the […]
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Homelessness charity boss to sleep outside for a week
CHARITY chair Tim Ringsdore latest homelessness challenge is well underway, which this time will see him sleeping rough for the whole of this week. The head of the Jersey Competition and Regulatory Authority is sleeping outside until Sunday as part of an “uncomfortable” fundraising challenge set for him by local men facing homelessness, and all […]
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Islanders invited to have their say on ‘biggest overhaul’ of residential tenancy laws in over 10 years
ISLANDERS are being asked to share their views on proposed changes to Jersey’s rental laws which have been described as the “biggest overhaul” of legislation in over a decade. Housing Minister Sam Mézec has put forward changes to Jersey’s Residential Tenancy Law aiming to “balance the rights and responsibilities of tenants and landlords and introduce […]
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Under a purple hue, Value Jersey movement launches with confidence
EIGHT months before the next election, the political pace is clearly beginning to quicken. On Wednesday evening, more than 100 people braved the driving rain and wind to attend the launch not of a political party but of a “movement” called Value Jersey. Wharf Street nightspot The Sundown was the place: the venue lit in […]
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Call for details of ministerial travel to be published regularly
MINISTERS will have to publish details of their external meetings and trips regularly, if the States backs a proposal by the former Chief Minister. Deputy Kristina Moore, who was ousted from the top job in January this year, has lodged a proposition requesting the Chief Minister updates the Codes of Conduct and Practice for ministers […]
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Housing minister wants ‘unfair’ quallies scrapped
“UNFAIR” and “discriminatory” housing qualifications belong in a “bygone era” and should be abolished, according to the Housing Minister. Deputy Sam Mézec said there had been “relatively high-level” government discussions about moving towards scrapping the current system, which severely limits where many people who have been in Jersey for less than ten years can live. […]
