ST LAWRENCE Parish Hall was packed to hear the 21 Senatorial election hopefuls give their views on a variety of subjects at last night’s hustings meeting. The candidates each answered six questions at the meeting, chaired by retiring parish Constable Geoffrey Fisher, dealing with everything from the Bailiff’s Liberation Day speech to whether or not […]
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How prestige development was nearly derailed by revelations in States
THE multi-million pound Waterfront finance centre development almost collapsed yesterday after a States Member revealed that developers Harcourt were fighting a number of overseas court cases. Deputy Gerard Baudains (pictured) broke the news to politicians while they were debating the terms of the deal for a second day. He said that he believed the Irish-based […]
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Budget under way
MEMBERS made a flying start to the Budget debate yesterday, shooting down attempts to extend tax thresholds and to delay the ‘20% means 20%’ middle-earner tax bomb. This week’s debate is the last for 14 Members who will be replaced when the House meets next week to choose a new Chief Minister. One of the […]
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Large number of flats ‘were sold to investors’
MORE than half of the flats in Dandara’s Spectrum and Century Buildings developments were sold to investors here and overseas, according to Deputy Sarah Ferguson (pictured). She says that figures from the Jersey Financial Services Commission show that over half of the units in the three developments went to ‘buy-to-let’ investors. And of those, the […]
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Review of 2008: October
SENATOR Wendy Kinnard shocked States Members by handing in her resignation just a few months before her term of office was to expire, citing an ‘issue of moral conscience and principle’. The decision was never fully explained, but the former Senator blamed her ministerial colleagues’ failings for prompting her to quit her post. The Home […]
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The roadshow revs up to a noisy conclusion
The Senatorial hustings roadshow came to a colourful end at the Town Hall last night. Amid heckling, booing and cheering the candidates just about managed to reply to questions on issues including whether the States should pay rates, the Island Plan and whether the Attorney General should be involved in the inquiry into former deputy […]
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Deposit scheme dominates hustings
THE world finance crisis dominated the hustings as the Senatorial election campaign reached its halfway point in St Peter last night. Many candidates used their three-minute opening speech to talk about the problems and the need for a deposit banking scheme in Jersey. Parishioners wanted to know if the candidates thought that there was a […]
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Record number for Senatorial election
A RECORD number of candidates have declared for the Senatorial election to be held next month. There were two surprise candidates at last night’s nomination meeting at the Town Hall – St Saviour Deputy Alan Breckon and Air Display organiser Mike Higgins – bringing the total number to 21. They are sitting States Members Senators […]
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New chairmen are voted in
THE States efficiency and reform bodies have new chairmen. Senator Ben Shenton will chair the Public Accounts Committee which reviews efficiency and value for money, and St Mary Constable Juliette Gallichan will chair the Privileges and Procedures Committee responsible for States standards and reform. In secret ballot elections on Friday afternoon, both won their seats […]
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Treasury ‘not in control of what is being spent’
THE Treasury has been accused of failing to control States expenditure, poor financial management and misleading accounting. The criticisms are contained the annual report by the Public Accounts Committee, the States’ spending watchdog, for the year to 31 December 2007. The report concludes that the States does not take exceeding budgets seriously, with budgeting ‘being […]
