The Chair of the Public Accounts Committee has announced her bid for re-election as a St. Helier representative.
Deputy Inna Gardiner has served St. Helier 3/4 for the past three years, having successfully gained a seat in a by-election.
She is now hoping to take a seat in the newly created St. Helier North District, which expands her former constituency.
Since being elected, she highlights her key constituency achievements as:
She says her key ambition for St. Helier has been to ensure that the parish gets a “fair deal”, with “balanced” urban development, and that town remains a “great place to live, work and relax”.
If elected, she would like to see the introduction of neighbourhood enhancement schemes.
As a States Member, she has also taken on the role of Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, which is responsible for scrutinising the Government’s use of taxpayer funds, and successfully secured a 50% open allocation of affordable housing built in country parishes regardless of parish connections.
Deputy Gardiner describes her politics as being based around “community engagement” and “being inclusive of everyone in our community” in order to face challenges such as covid, Brexit and other global events, with an overall focus on “building a fairer society.”
If elected, she said her island-wide priorities would include:
She commented: “I believe that a successful and flourishing Jersey depends on collective efforts: from a thoughtful and caring government, from the financial contributions and the goodwill of the business sector, from the great work of charities and above all from islanders themselves.”
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