A NEW UK minister will oversee the Channel Islands’ relationship with the UK, following Andy Burnham’s appointment as prime minister. Alex Norris has been appointed Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice in Mr Burnham’s first Cabinet – a role that will see him assume responsibility for the UK’s constitutional relationship with the Crown Dependencies. The Labour MP for Nottingham […]

JERSEY’S planning system needs fewer hurdles, less bureaucracy and a new Island Plan, the politician elected as the Island’s Planning and Regulation Minister has said. Senator Mark Boleat was formally appointed to the newly-created role following a vote in the States Assembly this afternoon. His election followed a move by Chief Minister Lyndon Farnham to […]