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BBC News
02-07-2025
- Business
- BBC News
New members elected to Guernsey's Policy & Resources Committee
The States of Guernsey has elected four new members to the island's most senior Gavin St Pier, Steve Falla, Charles Parkinson and Jonathan Le Tocq were appointed to the Policy and Resources Committee (P&R) following a the four members, newly minted P&R President Lindsay de Sausmarez said they brought a lot of experience to the Tocq received 35 votes, St Pier and Parkinson received 31 each and Falla got 30 votes. The four new members of P&R will earn about £60,000 a year for the position. It was expected Le Tocq would act as lead on external relations for the committee, while Parkinson was expected to be appointed as lead for the review of tax Pier, the former treasury and resources minister, was tipped to act as treasury president of the Committee for Economic Development Neil Inder proposed the candidates for membership of P&R should answer questions from returning deputy Sarah Hansmann-Rouxel said there was no need for them to face questions, as P&R members were not like committee presidents in their responsibilities. Former Scrutiny Management Committee president Yvonne Burford agreed with Hansmann-Rouxel. Inder's proposal was defeated after it received only 11 votes.
BBC News
29-06-2025
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- BBC News
Charles Parkinson pulls out of Guernsey's chief minister race
One of the contenders to become the next president of the Policy and Resources Committee has pulled out of the Charles Parkinson said he will instead back election poll-topper Deputy Lindsay de Sausmarez for the role. "I am pleased to be supporting Lindsay for chief minister, and believe she can bring the new assembly together."Deputies Jonathan Le Tocq and Mark Helyar have both said they will stand for the role at the election on 1 July. After he declared he would not contest the position, Parkinson said: "I hope to gain a seat on the Policy and Resources Committee to assist with the review of tax policy which must now take place."In the last term Guernsey's States agreed to introduce a 5% GST, a lower rate of income tax for earnings under £30,000 and reform social security contributions. Parkinson wants to ensure the island's corporate tax regime is reformed before GST is introduced. He attempted twice in the last term to change the island's corporate tax regime, where currently most companies pay no tax, while big firms pay 10% tax on their profits. Earlier this week, business group GIBA criticised plans to reform the island's corporate tax structure. Forward Guernsey leader Deputy Gavin St Pier has already said he will not stand for the position, but would like to serve on P&R, potentially as treasury lead.
ITV News
23-06-2025
- Business
- ITV News
Move to publish Guernsey States' accounts after election is 'severe blow to the democratic process'
One of the candidates vying to become Guernsey's next President of Policy and Resources says not seeing the full state of the island's finances ahead of the General Election has damaged the democratic process. Deputy Charles Parkinson, who finished third in the poll, says the complete States' accounts for last year should have been made a matter of public record before the election, so voters could have been better informed. He explains: "I think the States' finances are in much better health than we've been led to believe before the election. "We didn't see the 2024 accounts before the General Election, which was a severe blow to the democratic process." The States of Guernsey says deputies in the previous Assembly voted to publish the accounts on this date. The full details confirm a deficit in the day-to-day running of public services, amounting to £44 million across 2024, which was made public before Polling Day. They also show a number of other figures surrounding the state of public finances in the Bailiwick, including: The Government and all state entities, including water and Aurigny, went from an operating surplus of £37 million in 2023 to a deficit of £18 million in 2024. The overall amount of cash left over has fallen from £51 million to £21 million. Investments grew from £103 million to £129.8 million. Deputy Jonathan Le Tocq, who is also aiming to become Guernsey's next Chief Minister, believes the £44 million number was the most important to understand the overall financial picture. He says: "That is the amount we need for business as usual. This includes the running of the hospital, schools and paying the salaries of teachers and nurses." Deputy-elect Andy Sloan, the former Chief Economist for the States of Guernsey and one of the 20 new States members, says that greater transparency is needed in the process of publishing accounts. He adds: "I haven't seen the exact figures yet, but they probably aren't as bad as they were claimed to be last November. "However, they're still not great and we've got to address that deficit one way or another."
BBC News
21-06-2025
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- BBC News
Race to become next Guernsey chief minister begins
The race to become Guernsey's top politician is under way, with deputies announcing their intention to chief minister Jonathan Le Tocq has said he would be willing to run for president of the Policy and Resources Committee (P&R) "to offer a degree of stability".Several candidates told the BBC they backed Le Tocq because of his experience in the role and ability to "bring people together".Deputy Mark Helyar said before the election campaign he would seek the top job, with the aim of controlling States spending, while Deputy Charles Parkinson confirmed he would make a tilt to advocate for a change to the island's corporate tax policy. Le Tocq said: "The culture needs to change right at the beginning of this term, I think I will do my best to try and work a coalition together of all types of people." Helyar became the vice-president of P&R in November 2022 after Deputy Heidi Soulsby resigned from the resigned ahead of a successful vote of no confidence in the committee in 2023. While expressing an intention to run before the election, Helyar did not answer when asked by the BBC on Friday whether he was still planning to vote of no confidence in P&R was led by Deputy Charles Parkinson, who finished third in the polls with 9,294 votes and said he felt he had a mandate to stand for for P&R president. Last year the States agreed a package of tax reforms including a 5% GST, a lower rate of income tax for earnings under £30,000 and reforms to social security contributions. Whether elected to P&R or not, Parkinson has said he would look to challenge the policy and attempt to get more money from local companies through reform to the coporate tax regime. Outgoing chief minister Lyndon Trott warned against changing the island's zero-10 regime, which means some companies pay no corporation tax and others pay 10%. Deputy Lindsay de Sausmarez topped the polls with more than 10,000 votes, but she has not commented on whether she would stand for P&R Yvonne Burford, who came second in the polls, has said she wanted to be on P&R, but not as its the other possible contenders, 2020 poll-topper Deputy Gavin St Pier stood for P&R president, but lost out to Deputy Peter Ferbrache in Guernsey leader St Pier has already done the job between 2016 and 2020, but has not said whether he would seek it again, leaving the door open. After a short time on the Health and Social Care Committee (HSC) previously, some deputies the BBC has spoken suggested may seek a role as its has also been interest in that position from its vice-president Marc Leadbeater and deputy-elect Dr George Oswald.
BBC News
19-06-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Guernsey General Election 2025: Results
The result of Guernsey's island-wide general election held on 18 June 2025 was declared at 16:41 BST on Thursday, 19 June. Successful candidates DE SAUSMAREZ Lindsay 10,721BURFORD Yvonne 9,427PARKINSON Charles 9,294FALLA Steve 9,017MONTAGUE Paul Anthony 8,884KAZANTSEVA-MILLER Sasha 8,794ST PIER Gavin Anthony 8,577BURY Tina 8,496LE TOCQ Jonathan Paul 8,002BLIN Chris 7,664OSWALD George Anthony 7,613LAINE Marc 7,556MATTHEWS Aidan 7,312LEADBEATER Marc 7,292CAMERON Andy 7,177ROCHESTER Sally 7,119GABRIEL Adrian 7,069VAN KATWYK Lee 7,063McKENNA Liam Jude 7,040HELYAR Mark 6,980WILLIAMS Steve 6,915GOLLOP John Alfred Bannerman 6,860GOY David 6,703RYLATT Tom 6,689STRACHAN Jennifer Decker 6,683VERMEULEN Simon Peter James 6,228MALIK Munazza 6,215OZANNE Jayne 6,197SLOAN Andy 6,081KAY-MOUAT Bruno 6,051CAMP Haley Louise 5,886COLLINS Garry 5,876NILES Andrew James 5,846CURGENVEN Rob 5,738INDER Neil 5,651DORRITY David 5,644HUMPHREYS Rhona Mary 5,630HANSMANN ROUXEL Sarah 5,458 Unsuccessful candidates Peter Ferbrache FERBRACHE Peter 5,437David Nussbaumer NUSSBAUMER David de Garis 5,381Adrian Dilcock DILCOCK Adrian Geoffrey 5,326Carl Meerveld MEERVELD Carl 5,225Susie Gallienne GALLIENNE Susie 5,190Stuart Jehan JEHAN Stuart David 5,178John Dyke DYKE John 5,097Sam Haskins HASKINS Sam 5,058Andrea Dudley-Owen DUDLEY-OWEN Andrea 5,016Paul Luxon LUXON Paul 4,979Lexi Lundberg LUNDBERG Lexi 4,934David De Lisle DE LISLE David 4,827Victoria Oliver OLIVER Victoria 4,783Simon Fairclough FAIRCLOUGH Simon 4,780Sue Aldwell ALDWELL Susan 4,688Nikki Symons SYMONS Nikki 4,676Rob Prow PROW Rob 4,583Kerensa Gardner GARDNER Kerensa 4,529Nick Moakes MOAKES Nick 4,382Andy Le Lievre LE LIEVRE Andy 4,345Tammy Menteshvili MENTESHVILI Tammy 4,328Ross Le Brun LE BRUN Ross 3,893Charlie Murray-Edwards MURRAY-EDWARDS Charlie 3,857Mary Lowe LOWE Mary 3,760Sofi Noakes NOAKES Sofi 3,661Heidi Almonte ALMONTE Heidi Nicola 3,631Diane Mitchell MITCHELL Diane Elizabeth 3,279Jez Mercer MERCER Jez 3,200Christopher Le Tissier LE TISSIER Christopher 3,179Sally Rochester GILMAN Sally (Sal) 3,146Tony Corbin CORBIN Tony 3,041Rob Harnish HARNISH Rob 2,830Christopher Machon MACHON Christopher 2,704Tim Carre CARRE Tim 2,152Steven Wall WALL Steven 2,024Dicky Parmar PARMAR Dicky 1,996Rosie Henderson HENDERSON Rosie 1,926Art Allen-O'Leary ALLEN Art 1,873Tom Moore MOORE Thomas 1,809Luke Graham GRAHAM Luke 1,721Kerry Barnfather BARNFATHER Kerry 1,665Barry Harris HARRIS Barry Richard 1,064Steph Shore SHORE Steph 945Christopher Nicolle NICHOLLE Christopher 631
