MINISTERS are driving their own agendas rather than the Council of Ministers’ because of a lack of central policy, the Chief Minister has said.
School league tables ‘counter-productive’
SCHOOL league tables are counter-productive and can breed poor performances among pupils and teachers, according to the Education Minister.
Heart patients see benefit of £1m scanner
SOME heart patients will no longer have to travel to the UK for treatment after the Hospital invested £1 million in a new state-of-the art scanner.
Deputy considers delaying move for park railings
A ST HELIER Deputy says she is at a loss to understand how the decision to include railings around the Millennium Town Park was reached.
Sense of purpose
JERSEY RFC have a point to prove against Clifton tomorrow.
Another UK system – it will all end in tears
From Mike Pitman UNLIKE many people, I have never really resented paying my income tax, treating it as a necessary evil, although as a young man with an active social life in the pre-ITIS days, I sometimes found it hard to raise the wherewithal to pay it.
Major changes in Island Plan
PLANS to build 4,000 new homes, create a national park and to give nearly 600 vergées of land better protection against development will be presented to the States next week.
UK budget ‘a mixed bag’ for Jersey
THE UK Budget is effectively a mixed bag for Jersey, according to tax professionals who say that there is both good and bad in Chancellor George Osborne’s package of measures.
Finding out about ourselves
SUNDAY is Census day, a rare opportunity for Jersey to pause and take statistical stock of itself.
New-look for awards night
IN only a few hours a new-look Jersey Sports Council awards evening will get under way at the Hotel Ambassadeur.