DEPUTIES who criticised plans for a new benefit system for not spelling out how it would be funded should have the money taken from their own pay, a pensioner has said.

GUERNSEY’S poorest and most vulnerable people have been left with a benefit system that is totally inadequate for the island, the Social Security minister said yesterday.

SOCIAL Security’s benefit reforms package – that could have cost up to £20m. a year – has been largely defeated.

THE States’ general record on helping the poorest in the island is nothing short of shameful.

ONE of the benefits of third-party scrutiny of government activity is that it can provide a different perspective on familiar issues – which is the value of Professor Geoffrey Wood’s independent fiscal review of Guernsey’s financial strategy.

A BID to increase States support towards doctors’ fees that would have cost an extra £1.1m. a year has failed.

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

LIFTING the earnings cap for people claiming a carer’s allowance would make their work seem less devalued, disability groups have said.

SOCIAL SECURITY is looking to reduce its long-term sickness bill.

DISGUSTED widows said they were shocked when deputies threw out proposals to devise a scheme to compensate those caught out by a bereavement benefit change.