:00:00. > :00:23.People who are over 65 in Gternsey have been thrown a financial
:00:24. > :00:36.Also, a massive increase in agency staff. Why is the health department
:00:37. > :00:39.spending so much on temporary social workers?
:00:40. > :00:41.People who are over 65 in Gternsey have been thrown a financial
:00:42. > :00:46.Policy and Resources wanted to scrap tax breaks for pensioners as part
:00:47. > :00:50.of its budget proposals for 201 , but in a rare show of defiance,
:00:51. > :00:53.members voted against the main proposal.
:00:54. > :00:57.Our Political Reporter Simon Fairclough was in
:00:58. > :01:04.This was the moment that pensioners across the island were waithng for.
:01:05. > :01:11.It means that tax allowances for the over 65s will stay,
:01:12. > :01:19.Some are describing the movd as a rebellion, but
:01:20. > :01:21.Policy and Resources warned that it is a move that could
:01:22. > :01:31.Our estimate is that over the first ten years in which new clails
:01:32. > :01:35.are added, that will amount to up to ?2 million a year.
:01:36. > :01:38.We just simply believe that could be better used in more effective
:01:39. > :01:48.For those who stand to benefit right now, the news has come as a relief.
:01:49. > :01:51.The realisation of the diffhculties people have within the islands
:01:52. > :01:55.is coming home, and to help those people is so important.
:01:56. > :02:02.We are really pleased with the result.
:02:03. > :02:06.As budget debates go, this one was largely unremarkable,
:02:07. > :02:09.but you have to wonder whether the positive notes sounded
:02:10. > :02:11.at the start of the proceedhngs fuelled the support
:02:12. > :02:16.Whatever the reason, there will be a lot of happy pensioners
:02:17. > :02:28.And politicians today also `pproved a blueprint for future
:02:29. > :02:34.The Island Development Plan includes a commitment
:02:35. > :02:37.to affordable homes, setting aside areas
:02:38. > :02:39.for conservation, farming and light industry, as well as earmarking
:02:40. > :02:45.More than 1,500 islanders h`d commented on the plan,
:02:46. > :02:48.and 18 changes were made to the draft, but today the final
:02:49. > :02:51.document was unanimously agreed in the States.
:02:52. > :02:53.Jersey has spent ?1.8 million this year on agency staff dte
:02:54. > :03:01.That's a ten-fold increase in three years.
:03:02. > :03:04.It comes as figures recentlx revealed a high staff turnover
:03:05. > :03:06.at Children's Services, a department that comes
:03:07. > :03:13.Helping vulnerable people in difficult times,
:03:14. > :03:18.But increasingly, the States of Jersey is relying on agency
:03:19. > :03:24.Three years ago, 11% of the workforce were agencx staff,
:03:25. > :03:30.And the cost of hiring agency staff has gone up ten-fold, from ?180 000
:03:31. > :03:42.The inconsistency of using temporary agency staff is causing concern
:03:43. > :03:45.The Minister responsible saxs it's a case of needs must,
:03:46. > :03:47.and believes Jersey's historic case abuse scandal is partly to blame.
:03:48. > :03:50.It's because we have no other way at the moment
:03:51. > :03:54.There are some people that choose to be interim for that
:03:55. > :03:57.stage in their career, but I do think the factor
:03:58. > :03:59.about the care inquiry, until they see politicians taking
:04:00. > :04:07.that report seriously, they perhaps consider not coming here.
:04:08. > :04:09.The Health and Social Services department is planning to hold
:04:10. > :04:12.a recruitment drive after Christmas and to introduce a new soci`l
:04:13. > :04:15.workers training scheme next year in the hope of attracting more
:04:16. > :04:23.permanent staff to work with the most vulnerable in society.
:04:24. > :04:27.Well, the politician who first raised questions over the use
:04:28. > :04:30.of agency staff in social work, and the big costs of doing so,
:04:31. > :04:35.She joined me in the studio earlier and I put it to her that surely it's
:04:36. > :04:42.a good thing the health dep`rtment is staffing such a vital service.
:04:43. > :04:53.I am all in favour of spendhng money on it. What I am not in favour of is
:04:54. > :04:56.spending more than I should do to provide staff who may not ghve the
:04:57. > :05:02.quality of service that I would like to see given. Do you think that
:05:03. > :05:06.agency staff don't give that quality of service? I think it is vdry
:05:07. > :05:10.difficult for them. They ard probably jolly good, but it is
:05:11. > :05:12.difficult if you are only hdre for a short time. At the moment, H don't
:05:13. > :05:18.know how long these people `re here know how long these people `re here
:05:19. > :05:28.for. The original group that we had in 2013, they cost about ?20,00
:05:29. > :05:35.each. The ones we have had this year, 70% of our total soci`l worker
:05:36. > :05:41.compliment, those lot were costing probably about ?31,000 each. I don't
:05:42. > :05:44.know whether it is just that we are getting more qualified people, or
:05:45. > :05:51.whether they are staying longer These are things that we nedd to
:05:52. > :05:53.lack of continuity? I think it is lack of continuity? I think it is
:05:54. > :05:59.whether we are giving them ` service. Obviously money dods not
:06:00. > :06:03.too much. What I would like to know too much. What I would like to know
:06:04. > :06:09.is why we are having so much difficulty getting social workers. I
:06:10. > :06:15.could understand 20% or 30% of our staff being agency staff, at 70 ?
:06:16. > :06:18.A Jersey politician's calling for an increase to the minilum wage
:06:19. > :06:20.so the island doesn't fall behind Guernsey and the UK.
:06:21. > :06:24.Workers will have to be paid at least ?7.18 an hour from next
:06:25. > :06:26.April ? 2p less than the UK's National Living Wage,
:06:27. > :06:28.and what Guernsey's minimum wage will be by then.
:06:29. > :06:35.Deputy Sam Mezec believes it's unfair not to bring Jersey hn line.
:06:36. > :06:38.When the minimum wage in thd UK is ?7.20 and their cost of living
:06:39. > :06:41.is lower than Jersey, and we are going for less than
:06:42. > :06:44.?7.20, it does not make sense and it means the quality of lifd
:06:45. > :06:48.for the lowest paid workers in Jersey, where rents are high
:06:49. > :06:51.food is more expensive, their quality of life will be
:06:52. > :06:53.worse than being the UK, and that's not fair.
:06:54. > :06:57.The Government should account for all parts of our communhty.
:06:58. > :07:00.A US finance expert has been in Jersey today warning invdstors
:07:01. > :07:04.not to have a knee jerk reaction to the Presidential Election.
:07:05. > :07:07.It's now only six days until either Donald Trump or Hilary Clinton
:07:08. > :07:13.Although it's thought this decision could impact global growth
:07:14. > :07:16.and market opportunities, a Wall Street worker says
:07:17. > :07:30.If Hillary Clinton wins there is unlikely to be any major market
:07:31. > :07:37.move. Most people expect shd could wind. If Donald Trump wins xou could
:07:38. > :07:42.have almost a exit like reaction. When you heads prevail and xou
:07:43. > :07:46.realise he will not just ch`nge all the legislative backdrop in the next
:07:47. > :07:48.back to their senses and know that back to their senses and know that
:07:49. > :07:52.the global economy is acceldrating. Guernsey's greatest sporting heroes
:07:53. > :07:54.have been named in a new book, with the top ten revealed
:07:55. > :08:06.at a launch today. Jersey's cricketers pulled off
:08:07. > :08:08.one of their greatest international results,
:08:09. > :08:10.on the other side of the world in the early
:08:11. > :08:18.hours of this morning. Guernsey's greatest sporting heroes
:08:19. > :08:21.have been named in a new book, with the top ten revealed
:08:22. > :08:26.at a launch today. Among those at the event
:08:27. > :08:29.were number one and two, Matt Le Tissier and Lee Merrien
:08:30. > :08:40.as well as our reporter I have always loved my island, loved
:08:41. > :08:50.my roots. I still come back
:08:51. > :08:52.on a regular basis. I have always been a very proud
:08:53. > :08:56.Guernsey-man and to be numbdr one It's definitely feeling
:08:57. > :09:14.chillier tonight, David. Hello, good evening. October has
:09:15. > :09:15.been quite an unusual month for us. It has been quite sunny, but it is
:09:16. > :09:23.also being quite dry. Sunshhne for also being quite dry. Sunshhne for
:09:24. > :09:27.Jersey has been 177 hours, laking it the fourth sunniest October on
:09:28. > :09:31.record. About 50% of the rahnfall we would normally expect to sed has
:09:32. > :09:36.fallen, and there isn't a great deal of rain in the forecast for the next
:09:37. > :09:39.few days. A cold start to tomorrow, some brief sunshine, more cloud in
:09:40. > :09:44.the afternoon, and it stays dry until late in the day. How luch rain
:09:45. > :09:48.we will see by the time this for the front arrives is uncertain, but do
:09:49. > :09:52.expect some outbreaks tomorrow evening and into the early hours of
:09:53. > :09:55.Friday. The weather front moves into northern France by lunchtimd on
:09:56. > :09:59.Friday, and then we see a rtn of northerly winds as we move hnto the
:10:00. > :10:02.weekend, said temperatures continuing to drop over the next few
:10:03. > :10:11.days. Clear skies tonight mdan it will turn white cold. As low as 5
:10:12. > :10:16.degrees for Jersey, so a frost is on the cards. Tomorrow, some morning
:10:17. > :10:21.sunshine, patchy cloud, and later in the day thicker cloud appro`ches
:10:22. > :10:28.from the north-west. Once it arrives, it is capable of producing
:10:29. > :10:31.some rain. 12 degrees beehive. Dash-macro V high. Not only are
:10:32. > :10:39.schooling down, but across northern Europe also much lower tempdratures.
:10:40. > :10:42.In eastern parts of Europe `nd Scandinavia, temperatures wdll into
:10:43. > :10:50.single figures. We will see that cold air arrive by Sunday and Monday
:10:51. > :10:52.of next week. A few spots of rain on Friday, and cold and breezy through
:10:53. > :10:57.Saturday and Sunday. Have a good night. You are
:10:58. > :10:58.up-to-date with the news from the travel our lives. We are back at
:10:59. > :11:05.6:30pm tomorrow goodbye. not stop the temperature is coming
:11:06. > :11:13.up to around 12. Mick Miller has the national picture.
:11:14. > :11:18.The weather may have turned colder but for many of us today there was
:11:19. > :11:19.abundant sunshine. This is from the end of the