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Yen strengthening verses of the dollar. Money moving into the haven that is the yen. Oil, concerns about a slow down in asia. Down 1 . Metals not faring so badly. Weatherown by 0. 1 for to better than oil. Weathered better than oil. To yound money going to as data this morning. Yelleds down ever so slightly yields down ever so slightly. Political risk brewing and spring. Basis points. Despite the concern about barcelona. Managing to win a majority. I want to get into some of those huge stock sto...

JERSEY has a relatively poor record of A-level attainment, a seemingly low rate of progression to higher education and a low proportion of locally born Islanders educated to university level, a think-tank report has highlighted.The Policy Centre Jers...

By Lindsay AshNOW we are well into the second year of this Assembly I feel that I can safely answer the questions often put to me.Namely: do you regret launching a party? What did you hope to achieve? And: why did it fail? These are my views. Other A...

By Sir Mark Boleat ON 17 October 2023 the government published its long-awaited Strategy for Sustainable Economic Development and a Delivery Framework for Sustainable Economic Development 2023-2026 as part of the Future Economy Programme. Both docume...

By Sir Mark BoleatTHERE is, from time to time, discussion about the possibility of having a University of Jersey. At first sight this has some attractions, including enhancing the reputation of Jersey and providing a wider range of higher education f...

By Sir Mark BoleatSOCIAL mobility is about the ability of people to change their socio-economic status. There is a wealth of evidence that people’s life chances are to a large extent determined by their family circumstances. The children of well-ed...

Leading Brexiteers and friends of Nigel Farage have revealed that Barclays closed their bank accounts in 2018 because of their support for Leave but Andrew Bailey refused to intervene.

Arron Banks, who campaigned with Nigel Farage to leave the EU, claims Barclays closed his accounts because of his support for Brexit.

By Richard Digard LEAF through even a couple of weeks’ headlines from this newspaper and you’ll quickly realise what an extraordinary place Jersey is. Rescues at sea, waste disposal problems, dancing restrictions clobbering clubs, drug seizures, ...

A LACK of awareness, education and trust in the political system have been cited as reasons for Jersey’s poor voter turnout at elections – as it was revealed the Island ranks lower than any country in the OECD for engagement.Jersey has faced crit...