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Assembly backs bid to make public-owned bodies pay Living Wage

Thursday 03 March 2022

Public-owned bodies will be pushed to ensure they are paying the Living Wage to all their employees by the end of the year, after a unanimous vote in the States Assembly.The Living Wage takes into account the wider cost of living in the island, with the aim of ensuring ...

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Library scraps fines on overdue items

Wednesday 02 March 2022

Islanders with overdue items from Jersey Library will no longer have the book thrown at them - fines are set to be scrapped for good in the hope of helping more people fall in love with reading.The library in St. Helier, Communicare and the island’s mobile libraries will all officially b...

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Call to lobby UK to allow Jersey to take in more Ukrainian refugees

Wednesday 02 March 2022

Two Deputies are making an urgent bid to have the definition of “family” expanded in Jersey to help more Ukrainians flee to safety with their island families.Jersey currently has to follow rules set by the UK Government – but Inna Gardiner and Jess Per...

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FOCUS: Why Planning is saying NO to the £800m hospital plans

Wednesday 02 March 2022

In a major development to the long-running hospital saga, the Government's own Planning Department has that it cannot support the £800m proposals for an Overdale 'health campus'... But why?The Historic Buildings Team also said it “offers the strongest objections” to the propos...

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Planning says £800m hospital should be rejected

Wednesday 02 March 2022

The Government's own Planning Department is recommending that the application to build an £800m new hospital at Overdale is rejected.In a major development to the long-running saga, it has concluded that the proposal's harms are &quo...

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Russian ships banned from Jersey ports

Wednesday 02 March 2022

Vessels owned by Russian people or flying the Russian flag have been banned from Jersey's ports.External Relations Minister Senator Ian Gorst signed the blocking order yesterday, following similar...

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