THE States should close its current pension scheme to new staff tomorrow, the Confederation of Guernsey Industry has said.

WHEN members of the Policy Council were attempting to justify their volte face last month over trying to block moves towards freedom of information, one minister suggested it was not necessary because islanders could already ask the States for information.

IS A public register of deputies’ attendance at meetings any real guide to the amount of work they are doing? The answer is yes – but a pretty poor one.T

IT’S time to raise a campaigning banner for a large, important but frequently ignored group of islanders – those of us with weak bladders.

ISLANDERS could get the chance to elect the next chief minister at the 2012 general election.

WHEN 27 deputies wrote to this newspaper last June declaring their commitment to the way the States of Guernsey currently does business, they had this to say:

NOW that the verdict has been delivered by the Wales Audit Office, it is clear that the States of Guernsey’s unfitness for purpose is even worse than we all thought.

MINISTERS will discuss the future of Guernsey’s machinery of government at a special meeting within weeks.