TWO topics that dominated politics last year – the new hospital and the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry – are likely to be at the forefront of the first States sitting of 2018.
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Chief Minister in heated exchanges with Reform Jersey
THE Chief Minister clashed with members of the Reform Jersey party on Monday, accusing them of being on the side of ‘detractors’ of the Island’s finance sector.
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Care reform: Funding and staffing the key, say States Members
ENSURING there is adequate funding and appropriate staffing levels to support vulnerable young Islanders will be key to responding to the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry’s report, Members have said.
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Election hopefuls questioned on rural issues as the hustings begin
IMMIGRATION, the disconnect between Jersey’s government and its people and reviving the farming industry were among the topics discussed as the candidates faced the public for the first time.
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Independent lifeboat inquiry could be set up, says minister
AN independent inquiry into the controversy surrounding the breakdown of the relationship between the RNLI and the St Helier lifeboat crew could be set up, as there are a number of questions that still need answering, the Environment Minister has said.
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Politicians visiting overseas ‘are entitled to some secrecy’
DISCUSSIONS between Jersey ministers and politicians from around the world are entitled to a level of secrecy, the External Relations Minister has said in the wake of a meeting between the Chief Minister and Bahrain’s Finance Minister.
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Paradise Papers: Ministers’ failure to speak out ‘weird’
THE failure of Jersey’s government to put forward a spokesperson to speak on national television about the Paradise Papers data leak was ‘weird’, a backbench politician has said.
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Move to get benefit for single parents reinstated
A BENEFIT paid to single parents which was scrapped by the States two years ago could be reinstated if a proposition from a Scrutiny panel is approved.
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States refuse FoI request on Gorst Bahrain talks
THE States have declined to reveal whether Chief Minister Ian Gorst discussed human rights issues when he met Bahrain’s Finance Minister earlier this year.
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Chief Minister criticised for ‘dictator’ praise
DEPUTY Sam Mézec has criticised the Chief Minister for saying that he was ‘honoured’ to meet a man the Reform Party leader described as a ‘random dictator’.
