Health leaders have been “read the Riot Act” by the Minister with his hands on the island’s purse strings over failures to keep the department within budget – with a demand to reduce spending by £25m per year by 2025.
The amount of stamp duty Ministers expect to collect in 2024 has been slashed in light of predictions that housing transactions will halve this year compared to last – a drop one long-serving estate agent says he blames on the "inept attitude of this Government".
The Government has allocated £6.8m over the next four years to run two new children's homes "to meet the unanticipated urgent needs of children in care", after more than £3.5m was spent last year on placing local children into homes off-island.
A total of six motor insurers will no longer be able to provide policies to Channel Islands customers as a consequence of a recent law change in Gibraltar, it has been confirmed.