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JERSEY is failing to recognise the poor human-rights records of some countries with which it does business and the Chief Minister is ‘blind’ to such issues, a former minister has said.

THE Council of Ministers has shown ‘contempt for the States’ by publishing a report five months after its initial deadline, the former Housing Minister has said.

A PROPOSITION to increase the number of affordable homes included in the proposed Waterfront and South Hill developments has been lodged by the former Housing Minister.

JERSEY’S housing shortage has been described as a ‘crisis’ by the Deputy Chief Minister, who said it will soon be time to declare the problem a ‘state of emergency’.

INSUFFICIENT progress has been made to improve the children’s care system since the publication of the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry report, Senator Ian Gorst has said. The States Member, who was Chief Minister when the report was released in 2017, attributed the shortcoming to ‘process and bureaucracy’, adding that the new government would need to […]

JERSEY’S political parties have responded cautiously to the news that the Island’s population stands at 103,267. The figure captured on census day – 21 March 2021 – is some 4,533 less than the most recent forecast of 2019 but, while the parties all recognised the unusual circumstances of the pandemic last year, they were less […]

A POLITICIAN has accused the government of ‘squandering’ an opportunity to help ease the housing crisis – after learning that just 15% of properties in a new development could be ‘affordable homes’.

ISLANDERS who may struggle to pay rising gas bills over the winter are to be advised of a government support package in the coming weeks, the Social Security Minister has announced.

MINISTERS have narrowly avoided an official reprimand from the States Assembly for not meeting an agreed deadline – but were warned that the pandemic should not be used as an excuse.

INVESTING in skills for young people to future-proof the workforce is pointless given the ‘outrageous’ state of house prices, which is driving young Islanders away, a former Housing Minister has said.