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By-election interview: Nikki Symons
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Matt Fallaize speaks to Nikki Symons, who is standing in this month’s by-election having previously been a candidate in the 2025 general election.
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The Long and the Short of it: MyGov, Leale’s Yard, and committee resignations
39:12|Former deputies Heidi Soulsby and Michelle Le Clerc dig into the latest happenings in local politics, including the MyGov report, the latest on Leale’s Yard, and a couple of resignations in the States...
Deputy Lee Van Katwyk on tax, air links, and affordable housing
41:09|First-term deputy Lee Van Katwyk joins Matt Fallaize to talk about his work as vice-president of Development & Planning and as a member of Economic Development, as well as some of the wider issues facing this States.What next for tax review after St Pier resigns from P&R?
32:21|Tony Curr is joined by Matt Fallaize and Peter Roffey to talk about Deputy Gavin St Pier’s resignation from the top committee and what it means for the big tax debate he had been set to lead.Plus Deputy Marc Laine unveils a plan to speed up the delivery of affordable homes and is there another by-election in the offing?Ross Le Brun wins the by-election
21:22|Hear from by-election winner Ross Le Brun as Tony Curr and Matt Fallaize react to Wednesday’s island-wide vote.States review: MyGov fallout and managing major projects
36:24|Tony Curr is joined by Matt Fallaize and James Falla to round up the April States meeting, including reaction to a damning report into the failed £21m MyGov IT project.Plus who’s in contention heading into next week’s by-election?States preview: Can members get major projects moving again?
45:00|Matt Fallaize and Peter Roffey join Tony Curr to preview this week’s States meeting, with a debate on how major projects are planned and delivered the main item on the agenda.
By-election interview: Sam Haskins
32:08|Matt Fallaize speaks to former deputy Sam Haskins, who is bidding for a return to politics after losing his seat in the States in 2025.
The Long and the Short of it: Was the finance sector strategy worth the money?
49:22|Former deputies Heidi Soulsby and Michelle Le Clerc take a look at the recently-published finance sector strategy and ask, at a cost of hundreds of thousands of pounds, will it prove to be money well spent?Plus they talk cannabis reform, housing scrutiny, the new major projects portfolio, and this month’s island-wide by-election.