Why we pay tax in Jersey, what we get for it, and whether any of it is building the Island's future Every Islander pays into a bargain they were never handed to sign. We surrender a slice of our inco...
A Consumer Council finding lands on the desk of a government elected on a promise to bring costs down — and the regulator's own numbers don't add up to the gap.
Buyers and sellers are being hit with eleventh-hour instructions to separate surface water from foul sewers, sometimes a day or two before their contract is due to pass before the Royal Court. With no clear right of appeal, and a legal grandfather clause that appears to protect many of the very properties being targeted, is the Infrastructure department using its position in the conveyancing chain to enforce a policy the law itself doesn't require?
Removing GST from food would return proportionally more to Jersey's lowest-income households than their existing share of the island's income would suggest — even though, in raw cash terms, wealthier ...
A post doing the rounds on Facebook this week made a point worth taking seriously: the Island's civil register office, moved from Royal Square to 25 New Street in March 2024, is not built for the thin...
The new Planning Minister has suggested Jersey's minimum apartment size rules could be revisited as part of an effort to reduce red tape and make it easier to deliver new housing. It sounds like a se...
Every time Jersey elects a new Council of Ministers, the clock starts on one of the least-noticed but most structurally important obligations in the Island's constitution. Under Article 18(2)(e) of th...
This week the States Assembly logged ten ministerial decisions covering financial services regulation, mental health law, planning and policing matters. The items include amendments to proceeds of crime and banking orders, updates to school support policy, and the publication of an annual policing c
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Why Jersey Needs a Population Cap Jersey has finite land, limited infrastructure and a fragile environment. Continued population growth places increasing pressure on housing, roads, healthcare, schools, public services and the island’s natural resources. A population cap would provide a clear limit to sustainable growth, ensuring that infrastructure and public services are properly matched to the number of people living here. Jersey needs to focus on maintaining a sustainable quality of life rather than continually increasing its population to support further economic expansion.
