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Government ministers — rather than the Governor — will be able to appoint parish councillors under a law passed in the House of Assembly. The Parish Councils Amendment Act 2022 also gives ministers the authority to review and abolish individual c...

The Government is to make changes to the controversial sugar tax, the Premier has revealed. Speaking during a debate in the House of Assembly yesterday afternoon on the Customs Tariff Amendment Act — which will provide customs relief on 21 food and h...

Concerns were raised by members of the Opposition about fuel regulation legislation being “rushed” through Parliament without proper consultation with the industry. The Fuels Bill 2022, which brings the regulation of the fuel sector under the remit o...

Parliamentarians approved the final extension of Covid-19 public health emergency measures. Public Health (Covid-19) Emergency Extension (No 1) Order 2022, which extends the measures until November 30, was passed in the House last night with no obje...

Help for first-time buyers and tidying-up payroll tax anomalies will be gone over by MPs in the final House of Assembly session before November’s Throne Speech. David Burt, the Premier, said The Payroll Tax Amendment Act clarified aspects of the tax ...

A combined total of about 130 years of public bodies’ financial statements are in arrears, the Auditor-General’s office revealed yesterday. It was said that 42 per cent of those were “under the auspices of” the Ministry of Finance and there was not y...

A $22 million stabilisation project has been launched at the Tynes Bay waste to energy facility in an effort to keep it operational until wider works can be done. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, told the House of Assembl...

The Government yesterday tabled legislation to make a number of essential goods duty free in an effort to address the cost of living. David Burt, the Premier, said the Customs Tariff Amendment (No 3) Act 2022, tabled in the House of Assembly, would ...

A boost in Government revenue has caused a projected 2021/22 budget deficit to drop by 35 per cent, the Government announced yesterday morning. David Burt, the Premier and the Minister of Finance, told the House of Assembly that based on numbers subm...

Government has defended its use of overseas firefighters at the LF Wade International Airport, reiterating that the measure is temporary. Michael Weeks, the Minister of National Security, said yesterday that the Canadian firefighters were required to...

Join us live for ongoing coverage of the House of Assembly today, where legislators today are to get details on the end of Covid-19 emergency powers as announced on Monday by Kim Wilson, the health minister. Ms Wilson said yesterday Covid-19 restrict...

The cost-of-living crisis and Covid-19 are set to dominate the return of the House of Assembly. David Burt, the Premier, will give a financial statement as MPs return for the first session since July. Kim Wilson, the health minister, will set out det...