IF I was better with numbers, I’d be earning three times as much as I am now, I wouldn’t have the slightest interest in what the Council of Ministers are doing, and I’d be working in the finance industry and bored out of my mind.Through what I can only guess was a mix-up at the marking stage, I managed to scrape through GCSE maths — and I managed to get a mortgage by smiling and nodding when people started talking about interest rates, capital repayment and other things which I still don’t get.
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The value of a cooling market
GIVEN the impact of the credit crunch, which has depressed the level of mortgage lending, and Jersey property prices, which are now extraordinarily high, it is unsurprising that the Island’s housing market has stalled.
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Education Minister: James Reed
After a four-way contest, St Ouen Deputy James Reed has been elected as the new Education Minister. He won the seat in the States after an election involving four votes before he gained the necessary majority over Deputy Roy Le Hérissier, Senator Paul Routier and Deputy Judy Martin. After the first vote, which saw Deputy […]
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Nine key posts in a new era of politics
CONGRATULATIONS to Jersey’s new Chief Minister, Senator Terry Le Sueur, voted into office through a secret ballot of States Members by a convincing margin over his opponent, Senator Alan Breckon.
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I’m expecting 20 tons of vraic after the next vote
From Christopher Fairbairn. PLACE your bets! If the hapless Geoff Southern was a betting man, and I guess that risk-taking on the massive scale that he attempts (not just around election time) is a form of betting, his shirt would be on its way to a new owner. The predictable outcome of his poorly thought-out […]
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Housing: ‘We can’t tell how many flats are sold to the UK’
HOUSING have no way of telling how many Jersey flats are being bought by UK investors.
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Housing deliver a Christmas present
HUNDREDS of Islanders will have a better chance of owning their own homes thanks to a change of Housing policy. In a show of seasonal goodwill, prospective purchasers previously disqualified from the Jersey Homebuy shared equity scheme have been told that Housing Minister Terry Le Main has changed the qualifying criteria. It means that Islanders […]
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J-cat clampdown
HOUSING Minister Terry Le Main is to clamp down on States departments recruiting new senior staff from outside the Island. He told ministerial colleagues this week that he would reject applications for new J-category consents if he feels that not enough has been done to train existing employees to take up more senior roles. He […]
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Housing: We aren’t ruining countryside
HOUSING Minister Terry Le Main has denied that he is trying to destroy the countryside by pushing forward with the rezoning of land for homes.
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Budget passed at record speed
STATES Members sped through the Budget in record time yesterday – approving plans for £650m in taxes and charges next year in around five hours. Only one amendment was passed to Treasury Minister Terry Le Sueur’s tax plans for 2009 – Deputy James Reed successfully changed the rules to extend tax allowances for parents of […]
