Candidate will pursue a balanced fiscal approach focused on growth, investment and growing reserves.
“A balanced approach to finances must be geared towards growth. Our taxation and revenue base must enable the government to invest in our island, provide stimulus where and when needed, and ensure that our reserves are growing.”
Recorded votes that test this promise
- 26 Feb 2026Carried✓ Pour · voted to deliver
Motion put to the States: 1. To agree that, should the States decide in the second quarter of 2026 to adopt Workstream 1 of the Tax Reform proposals, a. the individual standard rate of income tax shall be reduced to 15%, with 20% becoming an individual higher rate of income tax; and the higher rate will apply at a defined threshold (£32,400) as agreed on 8 November 2024, with appropriate adjustments to reflect the impact of inflation between that date and the date of implementation;
Voting Pour delivers this
Agreeing to reduce the individual standard income tax rate to 15% with a higher rate is a significant tax reform measure bearing on the balanced fiscal approach.
- 26 Feb 2026Carried✓ Pour · voted to deliver
Motion put to the States: b. (i) the Goods & Services Tax should be applied at a standard rate of 5%, andthat all foodstuffs should be subject to the tax at the standard rate; AND (ii)an Essentials Cost Relief Payment scheme should be implemented as outlined in Section 4, with the fixed payment set provisionally (subject to review as set out below) at £520 a year for a single adult or £860 a year for a couple, reflecting the estimated annual GST incurred by a household on Income Support; and that the responsibility and administering of this payment should be added to the mandate of the Committee for Employment & Social Security; and that the payment should be increased each January in line with Income Support rates, the value of the payment being fully reviewed in line with the minimum income standard whenever that exercise is repeated;