GUERNSEY’S new States will have to deal with a budget deficit of £24m. left by its predecessor, accounts released this morning reveal.

LOCAL tax experts appeared uncertain yesterday as to how much the island might be impacted by UK Chancellor George Osborne’s attack on avoidance of Stamp Duty Land Tax.

FINANCIAL services in Guernsey will be hit by the impact of George Osborne’s UK Budget yesterday – but last night it was difficult to quantify how hard.

UK CHANCELLOR George Osborne will make announcements in tomorrow’s Budget that could have an impact on Guernsey’s finance industry.

UNCERTAINTY remains about whether Health and Social Services will delay the introduction of new services it had said would suffer if it failed to prevent its budget being cut by £2.35m.

As States members prepare to debate next year’s ‘predictable’ budget, Peter Roffey says that ministers are leaving the island’s most difficult and important issues – balancing the books, a new tax regime, a sustainable waste strategy and transport – for their post-election successors to resolve…

PAY rises for States staff could total nearly £10m. over the next two years, latest figures have revealed.

AS THE  fallout from the proposed 2012 Budget continues, it is clear that this is one of the least popular packages presented by an island ‘chancellor’ and that people resent what they see as an attack on their incomes.

BARGAIN hunters want businesses to pay more tax to ease the burden on the individual.

HIKING fuel duty by 4p a litre has been described as ‘nothing short of daylight robbery’ by one garage owner.