Guernsey's government sets out five ‘super priorities' over the next three years

Tuesday, 16 December 2025 17:15

The Government Work Plan will prioritise tax and healthcare reform, Leale's Yard, the harbours and early years provision for children.

The Policy & Resources Committee has chosen to focus this Assembly's work on five key themes, dubbed ‘super priorities’.

They are:

• Decide and deliver tax reform
• Clear and commence development of Leale’s Yard site
• Agree and advance a sustainable health and care system
• Shape and strengthen the focus on early years and families
• Determine and design future harbours infrastructure

Committee President Deputy Lindsay de Sausmarez says they are clear goals, requiring multiple committees' input, that the public can hold the government accountable to.

"One of the criticisms of the Government Work Plan last term was that it listed so many workstreams that left us without clarity on what the priorities actually were.

"With this iteration of the GWP, we’ve identified some super priorities that are the essential building blocks for our economy and the most pressing work that we as a government need to progress.

"These are among a number of workstreams in the three core areas of focus that set out the most important contributions each committee will make to the foundations for our future, island resilience and sustainable wellbeing.

"We hope this will help bring the States’ priorities to life in a way that makes sense to the community, with clarity on the progress that needs to be made on the big issues facing our island.

"High-level strategies can be very dry, but we’re keen to set out what we think is realistically deliverable, so people can judge this States on the
progress made on the super priorities by 2029 when our term of office ends."