AN EARLY commitment has been made to openness by the government committee that will be at the centre of any discussions on island-wide voting.

CLAIMS have been made that Matt Fallaize did a U-turn on support for Lyndon Trott’s attempt to become chief minister.

MATT Fallaize yesterday rejected claims that he did not declare he was proposing Peter Harwood for chief minister before taking part in an emergency committee vote that could pave the way for his candidate to take part in the election.

GUERNSEY’S Education Department’s troubles deepened yesterday as it lost another board member in the wake of its handling of the GCSE saga.

EDUCATION minister Carol Steere has been joined by Matt Fallaize and Mike Collins in offering to resign from the department.

FREEDOM of information campaigners have praised an initial discussion paper that could pave the way for government openness.

THE Policy Council needs to explain why it announced a presumed 10% corporation tax rate after zero-10 was judged harmful, according to one politician.

DETAILS of any compensation paid to UK fishermen in an out-of-court settlement should be made available to the public unless there is good reason not to, Deputy Matt Fallaize has said.

A BILLION people living on less than 60p a day was one of the reasons laid before deputies being asked to increase Guernsey’s overseas aid contribution.

A PLAN to reduce and balance the island’s budget deficit will be produced during 2011.