In my 10 years in the States, I have gained considerable experience and understanding.

Social Security is doing all it can to help the unemployed find jobs, but it needs the support of employers, minister Deputy Mark Dorey said yesterday.

A SURVEY which involved just 60 islanders will be used to assess Guernsey’s minimum income requirement.

PARENTS with two children should be able to maintain a minimal standard of life with just over £500 per week, new research has shown.

FAMILIES need at least 20% more to live here than their counterparts in the UK.

MORE details have been released about a new health and wellbeing service.

THE European Court of Human Rights is the last hope for widows ‘caught out’ by a bereavement benefit change after a requete to find a way to compensate them was yesterday rejected.

IN MANY ways, the resignations from HSSD are very sad. The department has a huge and challenging mandate and major changes in the make-up of the board are bound to impact on that work.

DEPUTY Health and Social Services minister Andrew Le Lievre told his minister last night that he wanted to resign from the department.

MAISON Maritaine and Longue Rue care homes will be redeveloped into extra care housing in a project that will cost the States £22m.