29/01/2014 BBC Channel Islands News


29/01/2014

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Hello and good evening. Ashes run down under.

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Hello and good evening. Jersey's government has revealed a

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new population policy, to limit immigration to 325 people a year.

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The temporary law would give the States more control over the number

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of migrants coming to the island. But there's concern that could have

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an impact on the economy. Louise Walter reports.

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Jersey's population has doubled since the '50s. But this isn't just

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about numbers. Keeping the right ratio of people in the island

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requires a delicate balance. Over the next 20 years, the number

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of people in Jersey over the age of 65 will nearly double. And those

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over 85 will nearly triple. With no migration, that would mean an 1 %

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decline in the island's working population. So, more people retiring

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and living longer with fewer people working to support them. In fact,

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the island would need to have 3 000 migrants a year to support its

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retired population. But that's a figure unacceptable to the States.

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They want to limit the figure to 325 a year. And on the streets of St

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Helier, there was some support for that view.

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I am old enough to remember Jersey when we had 40,000 people here. And

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it was much calmer, more pleasant. In the short`term, yes, it could

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open up for more people to come over. Yes, I think we need to limit

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it to. The policy also suggests ways to make businesses recruit fewer

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migrant workers in favour of local or entitled workers. But there's

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concern that could restrict growth. I fully understand it is an

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intractable problem. However, given the state of the economy, when we

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are trying to recover and trying to do better to pay the bills,

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suggesting we will halve net to migration is going to be a difficult

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challenge for businesses to deliver. These are interim measures, and

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islanders have been asked for their input before a 20`year plan is

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proposed. Meanwhile, Senator Paul Routier the

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chair of Jersey's Housing and Work Advisory Group, doesn't believe

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local businesses will suffer. He says the island has to let some

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migrants in every year to keep the economy and government services

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going. I think what we need to reassure businesses is that if they

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have some skills which they need to have within their business and they

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cannot find it in the island, we will look at that carefully to see

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if that it is right for them to bring people onto the island, but it

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has to be of high five years, to contribute to the economy. So I want

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to give assurances to businesses that we will look at that

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sympathetically. Lloyds Bank is cutting 30 jobs in

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Jersey as part of a company`wide reorganisation. They're office jobs

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in the bank's risk, retail and commercial divisions. Guernsey isn't

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affected. Meanwhile, up to 18 staff at Menzies

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Aviation at Guernsey Airport are set to lose their jobs. The handling

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agent operates baggage and check`in services for both Blue Islands and

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Aurigny. And the politicians that make up

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Guernsey's Health Department will find out if they keep their jobs

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tomorrow. There's been pressure on the minister, Mark Dorey, and his

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board to quit after he gave misleading information about the

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island's bowel cancer screening programme. A vote of no`confidence

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will take place at tomorrow's States sitting.

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Guernsey's government will investigate upgrading Alderney's

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airport runway. The proposal was the brainchild of Alderney politician

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Paul Arditti, who died last week. It's claimed the island will suffer

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economically if improvements aren't made. Mike Wilkins reports.

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Touching down on Guernsey's runway with a message about their own.

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These Alderney residents are unhappy with their airport's facilities and

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fear it could be driving tourists and business away from the island.

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They were on the steps of the Royal Court today to lobby deputies to

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spend ?8 million on the airport Alderney's public are aware of the

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problems there, both with business and the hotel sector. Customers

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can't get Alderney and the point is this work was started by me and

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Paul, my former colleague, with the intention of bringing this to the

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States. Among those listening to the debate was Phillipa Arditti, the

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wife of the late Paul Arditti who was in the middle of a campaign to

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get the airport upgraded when he died. My husband loved Alderney as

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do I. And he always said to me, the airport is the enabler. This is what

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is going to help us get back on our feet. Guernsey has just spent ? 0

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million on its airport and many government departments are battling

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to cut costs. But today the Public Services Minister told me he's

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determined to find a solution for Alderney. We recognise there are

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some real problems that and we want to try to see if we can play our

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part in that process of trying to see the right way forward. Guernsey

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has been responsible for the upkeep of Alderney's airport for almost 70

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years and now campaigners want Guernsey to look after its

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investment. 90 students from China joined pupils

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at Jersey's Hautlieu School today. This was the scene earlier. The

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teenagers have come from a secondary school in Beijing which is twinned

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with the Jersey school. It's after successful visits to China by

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Hautlieu students. 99 students from China coming to our tiny little

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island, I think it's the most important thing that's ever happened

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to it, to be honest. The students have travelled all around England,

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they've gone to Paris, and they ve chosen to come here. This will be

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the beginning of a very long lasting friendship. Minus four in Beijing

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tonight, what will it be like for us?

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A quiet day in store across the islands tomorrow, light winds, some

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missed in the morning, but it is dry. We do keep quite a lot of cloud

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around. The showers for the start of the night will gradually peter out.

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The temperatures are well down to what we have seen recently. That is

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cold enough, briefly, for some frost early in the day tomorrow. It will

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soon warm up. We are between the showers four shot the day, with

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seven the top temperature. `` we are in between the showers for much of

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the day. We have a strong southerly wind on Friday, lifting the

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temperatures but it will be a wet Day. The winds easing just a little

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bit on Sunday. Goodbye from all Hello. The next dose of wet and

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windy weather is due to arrive on Friday from the Atlantic. Today we

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have had an easterly wind bringing the chill as the threat of icy

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patches comes to the north where the cloud breaks. More cloud further

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south. Maybe some sleet and snow in parts of East Wales as we engage the

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cold air. Temperatures in the south-east are not changing much

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because the rain keeps going. It will be colder further north,

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though. Icy patches are possible. More wintry showers in the

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north-east. Quite a few flood warnings in Tayside. Write to the

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west of the Pennines. -- brighter. Figure clad -- thicker cloud further

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south. We see some dampness in parts of the West Country, possibly into

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East Wales. In the north-west

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