THE official report on which the States based their decision to increase GST has been criticised by a Scrutiny panel.
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Ministers’ team ‘appeared to bypass’ panel
THE selection of a chairman and directors for the new Jersey Development Company appeared to have been decided by a group of ministers and civil servants, despite the establishment of an interview panel of backbenchers to advise on the transition from the Waterfront Enterprise Board.
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Property quango in marks ‘discrepancy’
TWO politicians ‘skewed the markings’ during the recruitment process for the board of Jersey’s new States Development Company, it was claimed yesterday. Jersey Appointments Commission member Ken Soar alleged that two States Members – who it is understood to be Senator Sarah Ferguson and Deputy Phil Rondel – gave the same candidate top scores in […]
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Spending is under control, insists Deputy
A GROUP of States Members have been accused of misleading Islanders by claiming that public spending is ‘out of control’.
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There is a problem with doctors’ working hours
From Senator Sarah Ferguson. I SHOULD perhaps explain that I served on the Health and Social Services Committee from 2002 to 2005. I have an interest in the department stemming from this, and have retained many links with the hospital. Additionally, two members of my family used to work at the General Hospital in a […]
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A Week in Politics
ASK yourself – what’s the point? I mean, really. Is it getting you anywhere? Achieving much? Making anyone’s life better?
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Proposals to cut eight Deputies withdrawn
PROPOSALS to cut eight Deputies’ seats from the States Chamber have been withdrawn at the last minute, but Members were this morning due to vote on reversing last year’s decision to cut four Senators.
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Maybe one day we’ll have an Assembly full of ability rather than one that wastes our time
ELECTION time is when the pub not far from Chez Clement really comes into its own. That’s not to say that the corner regularly occupied by the Last of the Summer Wine crowd – all of a certain age and most of us fortunately still with all the marbles, although perhaps in some cases not always in the correct order – is silent between elections (far from it, on occasions) but the place has taken on a certain vibrancy in the last week or so.
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Sensible pause for thought
THE splendidly titled Baroness Ford of Cunninghame in North Ayrshire will by now be starting to appreciate some of the special qualities that make Jersey that little bit different.
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Doctors working 100+ hours a week at the Hospital
TWO Hospital doctors were each on duty for more than 100 hours one week last month.
