Candidates piling up in St Helier No 3…

Wednesday 10 September 2014

Reform Jersey have announced that recruitment manager Laura Millen will be standing for the party in the St Helier No 3 district.

The party, which has three members in the States after the expulsion of Deputy Nick Le Cornu over his offensive tweet about a fellow politician recovering from cancer, says that Ms Millen will be standing under their banner.

Ms Millen (34) has worked in banking and insurance, and was educated at Jersey College for Girls and John Moores University.

She said: “I believe that standing as a Reform Jersey party candidate will enable me to work as part of a team to bring about positive change.

“We are united in agreement that Jersey can no longer continue to ignore increasing numbers of our fellow islanders who are barely surviving.

“We cannot ignore that we are failing victims of sexual assault, failing with our mental health provision, failing to provide adequate housing, and failing prospective mothers.

“These matters need to be addressed by coherent social and economic policies on a wide front, including promotion of a living wage for Jersey and the introduction of 26 weeks statutory maternity leave as soon as possible.”

The St Helier No 3 district covers Rouge Bouillon and First Tower, and is the biggest Deputy district in the Island, with four seats.

Deputies Jackie Hilton and Mike Higgins are expected to stand again, but Deputy Andrew Green is going for “promotion” to the Senatorial benches.

Deputy Richard Rondel has confirmed that he will stand, lawyer Christian May and former Deputy Andrew Lewis have already announced that they will be running in the district.