AN INDEPENDENT RECORD OF EVERY PROMISE MADE IN THE STATES OF JERSEY
Visit the Guernsey edition →The manifesto sets out five areas of focus, namely worker protections, local business support, health and wellbeing, responsible public spending, and transparency, framed largely as continuations of work carried out in the previous term. Past achievements are cited with some specificity, including free GP visits for under-18s and whistleblowing legislation. Forward-looking pledges are directional throughout, with no figures, dates or named mechanisms attached to any of them. Revenue-raising is described as progressive and sustainable but not elaborated, and digital integration is proposed as a route to efficiency without further detail.
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The manifesto covers five broad areas: worker protections, local business support, health and wellbeing, public spending, and transparency. Each is framed as a continuation of existing work rather than a departure from it, and the revenue-raising pledge is described as 'progressive and sustainable' but is not developed further. The overall vision is one of incremental improvement rather than structural reform.
The manifesto lists past achievements with reasonable specificity, including free GP visits for under-18s and the extension of bus passes to apprentices, but the forward-looking pledges carry no figures, dates or named mechanisms. Each priority section states an intention, such as championing stronger workplace protections or integrating digital systems, without identifying a concrete action, a target or a timeframe.
The manifesto acknowledges the need to match spending with progressive revenue-raising and identifies digital integration as a route to efficiency, which reflects a practical awareness of fiscal constraints. However, no revenue source is named, no saving is quantified, and the link between the stated aims and any specific mechanism is absent, which leaves the spending and efficiency pledges resting on general principle rather than a concrete plan.
The Scorecard records Soares Alves as Chair of the Privileges and Procedures Committee and a member of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association executive committee. The transparency and civic engagement pledges, which include accessible information and clear communication, sit closest to the subject area of that committee post. The worker protections, business reform, health, spending and digital systems pledges are outside that subject area and depend on the relevant Ministers and an Assembly majority of 25 of 49 members.
A notable proportion of the text consists of general statements of intent and values, for example 'building a community that doesn't just get by, but truly thrives' and 'every islander feels seen, heard, and empowered'. The five priority sections each open with a broad framing sentence and close with a directional commitment, leaving little space for specific content. The achievements section is more concrete, but it accounts for a smaller share of the overall text.