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THE Health Minister faced pressure to rule out the People’s Park as an option for the new hospital site during Tuesday’s States sitting.

PENSIONERS are being urged to protest outside the States building ahead of the Budget debate next week by backbenchers who claim the elderly are being unfairly targeted.

THE department in charge of benefits has been criticised for not being clear with vulnerable Islanders whose welfare payments are being cut.

A FREEZE on pensioners’ tax allowance will go ahead and car buyers will pay higher anti-pollution charges following the approval of the 2016 budget in the States on Tuesday night.

JERSEY’S minimum wage will increase to the same rate as the planned UK living wage, if a proposition from a backbench States Member is approved.

THE new Labour Party leader will be invited to join a rally in Jersey opposing public-sector cuts next month.

THE new Labour Party leader will be invited to join a rally in Jersey opposing public-sector cuts next month.

THE Deputy Chief Minister has defended senior politicians’ stance of not getting personally involved in negotiations with trade unions over the public-sector pay freeze.

THE Island was today split over the announcement that Jersey will not accommodate any refugees fleeing ISIS-ridden Syria for fear that legal small print may lead to a flood of asylum seekers heading for the Channel.

MORE than £260,000 of extra funding is to be allocated to the Education Department for 2016.