Guernsey Press Politics Podcast

Press columnist and former deputy Richard Graham joins Tony Curr and Peter Roffey to look ahead to this week at the States, which kicks off with the special accounts meeting on Tuesday, and reflect on how the Assembly has taken shape in the year since the general election.

Former deputies Michelle Le Clerc and Heidi Soulsby take a look at the States’ latest accounts and the new proposals for tax reform set to go before members next month.

Environment & Infrastructure president Deputy Adrian Gabriel joins Peter Roffey to talk about some of the big issues on his committee’s agenda, including proposed new motor taxes, the work going on to exploit Guernsey’s wind energy potential, and the issue of weeds on the island’s roads.

Policy & Resources president Lindsay de Sausmarez and treasury lead Charles Parkinson join Peter Roffey to talk about its much-anticipated plan for tax reform, which was published this week.

After three years in the role, the chair of the Guernsey Development Agency - the body created by the States to create and drive ambitious regeneration plans for the island’s east coast, has handed in his resignation, describing the organisation as having been ‘set up to fail and strangled by process’.Hear a full interview with Peter Watson as Peter Roffey and James Falla join Tony Curr to reflect on what it means for the GDA and its work.

Matt Fallaize and Peter Roffey join Tony Curr to round up the one-day May meeting, which saw health president George Oswald update members on the growing costs and lengthening delays with the redevelopment of the hospital and Andrew Niles elected to the vacant seat on Policy & Resources.

Tony Curr and Matt Fallaize preview the May States meeting, with the election of a new member of Policy & Resources - following Deputy St Pier’s resignation - the big talking point.

With the findings of P&R’s corporate tax sub-committee now published, and final proposals on tax reform set to follow in the next few weeks, James Falla speaks to P&R president Deputy Lindsay de Sausmarez about where things stand on the biggest debate facing the States this term.

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...