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SOCIAL Security has promised to work with the Parish of St Helier and Scrutiny to resolve problems with Income Support that were revealed in last week’s damning report by parish staff.

FERRY fares could be set by an independent regulator rather than by Condor Ferries in future.

From D Waters. THE new year has only just begun and demands on the States coffers are being made: redundancy payments for Woolworths staff, many of whom have already been offered alternative employment; compensation for investors in failing banks in Guernsey and the Isle of Man, where banks have had problems before. It is obvious [...]

A REDUNDANCY fund which would compensate workers if their firm went into administration should be fast-tracked through the States, Social Security Minister Ian Gorst said today.

From Lee Taylor. IF anyone ever doubted that the majority of States Members are in the habit of placing business first and people second, then the situation regarding the employees of Woolworths should help to dispel the self-peddled myth that our government is the friend of the honest, hard-working employee.

HOUSING Minister Terry Le Main is to press on with plans to reduce the wait for housing qualifications by another two years, despite objections from some of his political colleagues.

DAIRY farmers can now employ herdsmen from outside the UK and Europe after a change in policy designed to help safeguard the future of the industry.

PART of the Island’s new green waste plant — the cause of much controversy because of the smell it produces — could be moved to Mont à l’Abbé.