18/10/2016 Channel Islands News

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Fuel and alcohol will cost xou more but will it squeeze the lifd out of

the hospitality industry? It is important they take a look `t the

whole picture and try and fhnd other ways that aren't going to dhrectly

affect the industry. Good evening. Also tonight: Better togethdr, one

of the top politicians spells out his dream the Guernsey.

Jersey's Budget proposals may only be hours old,

The island's Chamber of comlerce and a brewery boss have criticised

planned increases on alcohol as potentially damaging

Other proposed changes cover tax thresholds, and a law changd

to enable the States to pay Parish rates.

Luxmy Gopal has been looking at the detail.

Smokers, drinkers and drivers in Jersey will be

But single people in work could have a better time of it,

in a budget forecast to bring the Treasury an extra

It's the usual suspects facing duty rises.

There'll be more tax on fuel, with unleaded going up 2p a litre.

More tax on alcohol - an added 2p a pint...

And a well-above inflation tax hike on tobacco -

Arguably the budget winners are single people -

who'll get to keep more of their earnings

And, while the gap has closdd slightly, they're still being taxed

proportionately less than married couples.

Does this Minister's budget go far enough to address that?

This is an issue that hasn't been addressed for 17 years.

By closing it almost by half, we're stepping in the right direction

Future budgets hopefully will close it until we reach parity.

The Treasury Minister says some elements are still being reviewed

and that there are bigger changes on the way.

But of course - this is just a draft budget.

It needs the approval of thd States when it's up for debate in December.

Politicians, businesses and families will be absorbing the implications

of this year's Budget plans for a while yet, but with ndws of

It has been described as an undramatic budget but as we have

just heard, ultimately is as it includes smokers, drinkers `nd the

They say it is about improving public health

not just raising cash, but the hospitality industrx says

that after the Brexit boat, much of it priced

in euros, things are set to get more expensive.

Industry leaders are concerned, saying that a fragile

look at the whole picture and find other ways that are not going to

I think business is an easy place to head.

Another interesting point in the budget,

almost a footnote, the

states of Jersey will begin to paper as rates.

and interesting problems rahsed for

the Treasury, including all of them parishes,

this will cost the state is almost ?1 million and they do not

know how they are going to deliver it.

Sharing IT systems, clubbing together to buy

medical drugs and generally being more cooperative.

That's the dream of Guernsey's top politician.

He was in Jersey today saying the islands should do

But as Mike Wilkins reports, there are recent examples

Two very different islands with similar problems.

Today Guernsey's most powerful politician has been in Jersdy giving

a speech about he wants the islands to work closer together.

At the end of the day we have to remember that we are still only

a community with a total population of 100 city thousand people.

Yet, we share very few servhces in an environment where both islands

are needing to transform the delivery of government

and to save money there is clear opportunity.

The President of Guernsey's Chamber of Commerce says businesses have

been working pan island for years and it was time

Absolutely, the government needs to catch up, there must be

lots of areas, particularly with Information Systems,

where Jersey can learn from Guernsey, it is not

just about us getting information from Jersey,

but Jersey learning from Guernsey as well.

There is a wide range of ardas that need help.

I think they are envious of some of our leanness in some are`s.

Shipping Guernsey's waste to Sweden instead of Jersey has been

highlighted by some as another example of the islands

But this man's hoping both government's follow his belhef that

what unites us is greater than what divides us.

Mike Wilkins, BBC Channel Islands News.

There's a warning Jersey's dxpanding population will mean more

primary schools will need to be urgently built.

Deputy Geoff Southern says the current rate of people loving

to the island is far exceedhng government targets.

Net migration, at present, is 1500 per year.

If we maintain that rate, then what we will see by 2035 is an

400 people on the birth ratd, 20 classrooms, that's two

new primary schools, a tremendous load on public

There's a call for Jersey's honorary police to work more closely

After seeing how special constables work

with the force in the UK, one vingtenier's suggesting that

honorary officers need to be more proactive.

We have a good working relationship with our community liaison officer.

We go to schools with him and out on patrol but it is not the sale across

the island. That is where other parishes are missing out on the

chance to work closer with the states of Jersey. They are not out

there physically policing in the community, they are sacked by the

fire waiting for the phone to ring. Thousands of people die every year

in the UK because bystanders lack the confidence and skills

to perform CPR. That's the message from

Jersey's Ambulance Service who have been teaching life saving skills

in St Helier today as part Cardiac arrest survival ratds

are almost zero if no one steps in, as one Jersey woman nearly

found out herself. Linda and Peter were hours `way

from going on holiday when a dramatic twist

changed their lives forever. Went to my computer and the next

thing I knew was I woke up hn this place which was obviously a hospital

because there was ladies in nurses uniforms and I hadn't got a clue

where I was or what had happened. Peter had suffered a cardiac

arrest, but was alive She had called 999 and followed

CPR instructions over the phone while an ambulancd

made its way to them. His face just blew up

and it was blue and his And all I kept doing was talking

to him and just saying... Jersey's Ambulance Service want more

people to act confidently within those first crucial linutes,

and to know there are heart starting machines available

around the island. People are always saying to me how

do we get into these boxes, or are they just

for the premises they're on? Well no absolutely not,

they are for the public, they're called public access

defibrillators and by calling 999, you get the code

and anybody can use them. And its information which c`n make

a difference between life and death. If Linda hadn't done what she did,

and even though she says it wasn't her it was the ambul`nce

people, but it was really mainly her on their instructions

then we wouldn't be having this conversation now,

as I would have been I don't think there is any lore a

wife can do for her husband. With Peter's health now on the mend

- they hope to have How is the weather shaping tp for

the week? Good evening. We have the chance of

a shower tomorrow and during the end of the week. The wind will drop and

there will be more in the w`y of sunshine. The showers stay with

verse and it is a cold air stream around this area of high prdssure.

We are never going to see hhgh temperatures over the next few days.

We have some low daytime temperatures. We have the

Late in the day on Friday, the Late in the day on Friday, the

weather front drifts in frol the east and it may introduce thicker

cloud and showers. Showers fading away tonight but returning tomorrow

morning. Overnight temperattres dipping down to 10 Celsius.

Tomorrow, we will get some sunshine. The shower risk continues for the

rest of the day. Even at thd end of the day, there is the chancd of a

few passing showers and a top temperature of 14 Celsius. The winds

are beginning to drop and c`n change direction coming in from thd north.

Free Europe, in the grip of autumn here lower temperatures. Showers

through Central parts. Showdrs across southern parts of Fr`nce

Autumnal temperatures. 15 Cdlsius for the middle of France. For us,

the next few days is predomhnantly dry. Thursday is a nice day. Top

temperature of 14 Celsius. @ stiff easterly wind developing as we move

into the weekend. You are up-to date with the news from the Channel

Islands. We worried back at 630 tomorrow. Good night.

Good evening. As you've just seen from your local outlook, not a huge

amount changes over the next few