Mark Helyar

The manifesto sets out a cross-cutting programme spanning fiscal reform, housing supply, economic growth and government structure, anchored by a stated intention to stand for the presidency of the most powerful fiscal committee. Substantive proposals include raising all zero-ten corporate tax rates to 15%, resurrecting the Leale's Yard development for over 300 units, and moving to a ministerial committee model for central spending control. The combination of constitutional reform, a named tax-base change and a multi-sector economic summit gives the manifesto a reach that goes well beyond incremental adjustment.

Several pledges carry specific figures: 15% as the proposed corporate tax floor, 120 hospital staff accommodation units funded through rental-income-repaid borrowing, and 300 or more units at Leale's Yard with compulsory purchase named as a mechanism. The economic summit and housing conference are described in terms of participants and outputs but carry no timelines beyond 'early' in the term. The government-reform pledge to require political sign-off on 'novel, contentious or repercussive' civil service decisions names a threshold but not a legislative vehicle or date, and the ministerial committee model is described directionally without a structural proposal or timetable.

The manifesto's support for GST+ is positioned carefully as conditional on the accompanying progressive measures, which reflects the terms of the approved package rather than a free-standing claim. Raising all zero-ten corporate rates to 15% is presented as a broadening of the tax base without a revenue figure attached, so the scale of the contribution is not quantified. The hospital accommodation pledge explicitly names borrowing repaid by rental income as the funding mechanism, which is a costed approach on its own terms. Leale's Yard and delegated-authority reform each depend on other committees and third-party landowners, and the manifesto does not name the legislative route for either. No revenue source or saving is named for the government-reform proposals.

The Scorecard records Helyar as President of the States' Trading and Supervisory Board. The manifesto's economic and trading pledges are in the same subject area as that role, though the summit and growth plan described would also require engagement from other committees. The manifesto states an intention to stand for the presidency of Policy and Resources. The corporate tax-base change, GST+ support, government-structure reform and compulsory purchase of Leale's Yard all depend on other committees and a States majority of 20 of 38 deputies. The hospital accommodation resubmission depends on the relevant committee and States approval. No single pledge is achievable without broader political support.

The opening page text is largely values-based, describing commitments to fiscal prudence, listening and pragmatic solutions without attached specifics. The full manifesto contains more concrete content, including named figures, a named mechanism for hospital accommodation and a named condition on GST. However, the economic summit and housing conference pledges describe process rather than outcome, and the government-reform section relies on directional language around resetting relationships and central control without specifying a bill or procedure. The balance across the document is roughly even between directional framing and specific commitments.