Beatriz Borges de Sousa Vaz Moreno Porée

The manifesto sets out priorities across employment law, small business support, public services, migrant worker welfare, and a vision for a greener St Helier, but none of these areas is developed into a reform package with a named investment envelope or cross-portfolio programme. The furthest-reaching commitment is a 'green space corridor' for St Helier, but it remains at the level of a stated vision rather than a structured proposal. The overall scope is incremental rather than transformative.

Across every priority area, including employment law, small business support, public services, migrant worker welfare, and the St Helier green space corridor, the manifesto offers directional or aspirational language without figures, dates, named mechanisms or named line items. The employment law pledge, for example, specifies the desired outcomes ('modern working realities', 'stronger protections', 'productivity') but names no legislative vehicle, timeframe or measure. No commitment in the manifesto carries the specificity needed to move it beyond the directional.

The priorities are broadly consistent with the practical realities of Jersey governance, and the manifesto draws on stated experience of casework and scrutiny to ground its focus areas. However, none of the commitments is matched to a named revenue source, saving or funding mechanism, and no timeframe or lead-time is acknowledged for any pledge. The green space corridor and air quality commitments in particular carry no indication of how they would be resourced or progressed.

The Scorecard records a post as Chair of the Health and Social Security Scrutiny Panel from 2026-06-30. The manifesto's remaining pledges, covering employment law reform, small business support, public services, migrant worker welfare and the St Helier green space corridor, would each require an Assembly majority of 25 of 49 members to advance through legislative or budgetary means.

A substantial portion of the text is devoted to statements of values, accounts of past service and expressions of commitment ('integrity, purpose, and a clear focus on the future') rather than forward-looking commitments. The sections on casework, scrutiny panel service and international representation describe experience rather than pledges. The forward-looking commitments occupy only the final third of the statement, and even there the language remains general.