Jersey faces huge strategic challenges at this time of uncertainty. Brexit, external economic shocks, and geopolitical events have all taken their toll. Our cost of living continues to rise faster than our incomes, reducing our living standards and quality of life. However, many of the challenges we face are long‑standing, home-grown issues that previous States have struggled with.
We must create the conditions in which current and future generations feel confident about their future in Jersey, with access to genuinely affordable housing, meaningful employment, and a decent quality of life. This requires sustained investment in skills training, broader economic opportunities, and the delivery of affordable homes.
The Health and Social Care needs of our ageing population have increased rapidly. Services have become strained while costs have spiralled. Care must be effective, efficient, and delivered economically. We should integrate Primary Care, Hospital, and Social Care and develop joined-up proposals to close service gaps and improve outcomes for people.
Jersey must generate sufficient and sustainable revenue to pay for these services. Capital Investment to build our hospital and improve our infrastructure is essential. We should be prepared to explore fair ways to widen our local tax base and to fund capital investment responsibly in cooperation with our finance industry.
Planning policies developed over many decades have protected our coastline and countryside through the Green and Protected Coastal Zones. Planning processes need to be simplified, but their purpose must remain firm. The Island Plan needs amending in detail, but the long-term sustainable framework is sound.
As Deputy I extended the Protected Coastal Zone in St Brelade, supported parishioners with many planning matters and secured infrastructure improvements. The long-overdue West of Island Planning Framework is essential to prevent over-urbanisation of our parish.
My working career includes public‑sector accounting in the UK, the States Treasury, our Health Service and managing a local Law Firm and Financial Services business. I was CEO of States Planning and Environment, Property & Land Development and have also worked with Guernsey and Alderney. I have served two terms as an independent States Member, including one term as Minister for the Environment.
Jersey needs experienced people in the States Assembly – as Ministers, Scrutineers and in supporting roles – with the skills and judgement who are willing to make decisions. We need representatives who can deliver results and are prepared to make difficult choices in the long‑term interests of our community, rather than relying on short‑term solutions that risk lasting damage.
My candidacy is endorsed by Reform Jersey, the established Social Democratic Party. Members have led three Ministries delivering real benefits through building consensus in the Assembly and the Council of Ministers
EXPERIENCE – VISION – ACCOUNTABILITY. My website -www.johnhyoung.com
Email: john@johnhyoung.com
Names of Proposers and Seconders
- James Thomas Johns
- Alan Breckon
- Vivien Dooley-Power
- Andrew Pinder
- Cara Loraine Larcombe-Laine
- Peter Arnold Spooner Cooke
- Karen Ashworth
- Mark Nicholas Winter
- Sharon Ava Cox
- Richard Chapman