Bailiwick Podcasts

Politics Disassembled: Show me the money (21 April 2022)

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Follow the money - if the story of the last few years has been dominated by a virus, the price tag has never been far behind. So, when you tot up the cost of covid, and then throw in Brexit, a new hospital, pension debt and the spiralling cost of living, as well as changes to zero/ten... The island's first female Treasury Minister, Deputy Susie Pinel, has held the keys to the strongbox throughout that time. This week, she announced she won't be standing again after 11 years in very senior roles in local politics. What will her legacy be... covid funding, hospital borrowing, changing the tax basis away from the prior year, or bringing in independent taxation? Deputy Pinel joined Bailiwick Express Editor James Filleul on the Politics Disassembled Pod this week....