Guernsey Press Politics Podcast

James Falla is joined by London-based Guernseyman Will Walter to talk about the Guernsey Deputy Scorecard, a new website which he has created to help islanders keep track of the performance of their deputies and whether they are holding to their political promises.

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Former deputies Heidi Soulsby and Michelle Le Clerc deliver their review of the States summer blockbuster. And with an autumn sequel already in the works, can members find a way to bring the tax story to an end, or will the saga continue?

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To be continued... Tony Curr and Matt Fallaize round up this week’s big tax debate as deputies run out of time and will pick up where they left off at the end of September.

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Strap in! Ahead of next week’s big tax debate in the States, former deputies Michelle Le Clerc and Heidi Soulsby run through all 20+ amendments to P&R’s plan - what they’re aiming to achieve and what the wider implications would be...

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Ahead of the latest landmark debate on tax reform - and the first of this States term, Tony Curr is joined by James Falla and Peter Roffey to talk about what’s being proposed and why, the moves being made to amend P&R’s plan, and how the debate might play out.

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Recorded ahead of Tuesday’s deadline for amendments to P&R’s tax reform proposals - due to be debated next week, Deputy Garry Collins joins Peter Roffey to talk about his plan for tax and why he believes there’s more work to do before a package can be agreed.

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Press columnist and former deputy Richard Graham joins Tony Curr and Peter Roffey to look ahead to this week at the States, which kicks off with the special accounts meeting on Tuesday, and reflect on how the Assembly has taken shape in the year since the general election.

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Former deputies Michelle Le Clerc and Heidi Soulsby take a look at the States’ latest accounts and the new proposals for tax reform set to go before members next month.

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Environment & Infrastructure president Deputy Adrian Gabriel joins Peter Roffey to talk about some of the big issues on his committee’s agenda, including proposed new motor taxes, the work going on to exploit Guernsey’s wind energy potential, and the issue of weeds on the island’s roads.

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Policy & Resources president Lindsay de Sausmarez and treasury lead Charles Parkinson join Peter Roffey to talk about its much-anticipated plan for tax reform, which was published this week.

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After three years in the role, the chair of the Guernsey Development Agency - the body created by the States to create and drive ambitious regeneration plans for the island’s east coast, has handed in his resignation, describing the organisation as having been ‘set up to fail and strangled by process’.

Hear a full interview with Peter Watson as Peter Roffey and James Falla join Tony Curr to reflect on what it means for the GDA and its work.

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Matt Fallaize and Peter Roffey join Tony Curr to round up the one-day May meeting, which saw health president George Oswald update members on the growing costs and lengthening delays with the redevelopment of the hospital and Andrew Niles elected to the vacant seat on Policy & Resources.

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Tony Curr and Matt Fallaize preview the May States meeting, with the election of a new member of Policy & Resources - following Deputy St Pier’s resignation - the big talking point.

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With the findings of P&R’s corporate tax sub-committee now published, and final proposals on tax reform set to follow in the next few weeks, James Falla speaks to P&R president Deputy Lindsay de Sausmarez about where things stand on the biggest debate facing the States this term.

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Former deputies Heidi Soulsby and Michelle Le Clerc dig into the latest happenings in local politics, including the MyGov report, the latest on Leale’s Yard, and a couple of resignations in the States...

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First-term deputy Lee Van Katwyk joins Matt Fallaize to talk about his work as vice-president of Development & Planning and as a member of Economic Development, as well as some of the wider issues facing this States.

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Tony Curr is joined by Matt Fallaize and Peter Roffey to talk about Deputy Gavin St Pier’s resignation from the top committee and what it means for the big tax debate he had been set to lead.

Plus Deputy Marc Laine unveils a plan to speed up the delivery of affordable homes and is there another by-election in the offing?

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Hear from by-election winner Ross Le Brun as Tony Curr and Matt Fallaize react to Wednesday’s island-wide vote.

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Tony Curr is joined by Matt Fallaize and James Falla to round up the April States meeting, including reaction to a damning report into the failed £21m MyGov IT project.

Plus who’s in contention heading into next week’s by-election?

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Matt Fallaize and Peter Roffey join Tony Curr to preview this week’s States meeting, with a debate on how major projects are planned and delivered the main item on the agenda.

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Matt Fallaize speaks to former deputy Sam Haskins, who is bidding for a return to politics after losing his seat in the States in 2025.

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Matt Fallaize speaks to Nikki Symons, who is standing in this month’s by-election having previously been a candidate in the 2025 general election.

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Former deputies Heidi Soulsby and Michelle Le Clerc take a look at the recently-published finance sector strategy and ask, at a cost of hundreds of thousands of pounds, will it prove to be money well spent?

Plus they talk cannabis reform, housing scrutiny, the new major projects portfolio, and this month’s island-wide by-election.

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Matt Fallaize speaks to former deputy Andy Taylor, who stood down from the States at the last general election but is back to contest this month’s by-election.

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Matt Fallaize speaks to Tamara Menteshvili, who is contesting this month’s by-election having previously stood in the 2025 general election.

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Matt Fallaize speaks to Jonathan Wilson, who is contesting this month’s by-election having previously been a candidate in the 2020 general election.

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Matt Fallaize speaks to returning candidate Ross Le Brun, who stood unsuccessfully in last year’s general election.

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Matt Fallaize speaks to Stephen Rouxel, who stepped aside as president of the Guernsey Chamber of Commerce to stand in this month’s by-election.

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Matt Fallaize speaks to former deputy Carl Meerveld, who is bidding to re-enter local politics after losing his seat at the recent general election.

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Matt Fallaize speaks to Rob Harnish, a candidate in the 2025 general election who is standing again in this month’s by-election.

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Matt Fallaize speaks to Luke Graham, a candidate in the 2025 general election who is standing for deputy again in this month’s by-election.

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Matt Fallaize speaks to Julie-anne Headington, a first-time candidate standing for Forward Guernsey in this month’s by-election.

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Deputy Garry Collins joins Tony Curr and Matt Fallaize to review this week’s one-day meeting, which saw the cannabis requete withdrawn and a move to scrap new legislation for dog walkers fail.

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Matt Fallaize and Peter Roffey join Tony Curr to preview this week’s meeting, with Deputy Marc Leadbeater now poised to withdraw his cannabis requete following the code of conduct complaint against him.

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Sacc president Deputy Sarah Hansmann Rouxel joins Matt Fallaize to talk about island-wide voting and the States’ code of conduct, as well as the work of the other committees she sits on - Education and the Development & Planning Authority.

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Matt Fallaize joins Tony Curr to review this week at the States, as members agree to include food in any GST package and reject a move to have it taken off the table this term.

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With GST back on the States’ agenda this week, Tony Curr and Matt Fallaize hear from a deputy who wants to see it taken off the table entirely as they preview this week’s meeting.

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Former deputies Michelle Le Clerc and Heidi Soulsby digest the latest developments in the island’s great tax and spending debate, plus look ahead to next week’s States meeting and a move to have GST taken off the table for now.

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In the second part of his interview with Matt Fallaize, Home Affairs president Marc Leadbeater talks about the recent challenges facing the island’s prison and a move he is leading which could see cannabis legalised in Guernsey.

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In the first of a two-part interview, Home Affairs president Marc Leadbeater joins Matt Fallaize to talk about changes to the police complaints regime, the recent review of the fire service, and sentencing for sexual offences.

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Ahead of a debate this month about whether food should be included if the States approve a GST-plus later this year, Matt Fallaize speaks to P&R treasury lead Deputy Gavin St Pier about that issue — and where things stand with its tax review.

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Tony Curr is joined by Matt Fallaize and James Falla to discuss GST and how this States’ view of the issue is taking shape, plus reflect on last week’s Government Work Plan debate and ahead at what an April by-election might look like.

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Housing president Deputy Steve Williams joins Matt Fallaize to talk about a topic that was on ‘everyone’s manifesto’ and how his committee sees the way forward for this term and beyond.

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Former deputies Heidi Soulsby and Michelle Le Clerc are back for 2026, discussing the Government Work Plan, the latest proposals around GST, and their struggles using the States’ new website...

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First-term deputy David Goy joins Matt Fallazie to talk about how members’ freedom of speech is being restricted, plus his pursuit of transparency around civil service pay, why Guernsey should look further afield for direct investment, and his voting record so far.

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The president of the Policy & Resources Committee, Deputy Lindsay de Sausmarez, joins Matt Fallaize to talk about its five new ‘super priorities’ for the next few years - tax, housing, healthcare, the harbours and support for families.

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Tony Curr is joined by Matt Fallaize and Tom Porter to round up a short and sweet States meeting and talk by-elections, P&R’s five new ‘super priorities’, and the big issues on the horizon for 2026.

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Health & Social Care president Deputy George Oswald joins Matt Fallaize to talk about the challenges facing his committee, including care funding, cannabis misuse, and the island’s soaring healthcare costs.

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Having taken on a new role as IT adviser to the Policy & Resources Committee, Deputy Marc Laine joins Matt Fallaize to discuss P&R’s recent revelation that £42m. had been wasted on two IT schemes, with the potential of more project failure to come.

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The new president of the Development & Planning Authority, Deputy Neil Inder, joins Matt Fallaize to talk about taking on the role, solving the island’s housing woes, guarding against urban creep, and how he wants to make planning popular.

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Former deputies Heidi Soulsby and Michelle Le Clerc are back with another edition of The Long and the Short of it, talking IT failures after this week’s ‘revelations’ in the States, P&R’s scrutiny hearing, and the Budget.

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Matt Fallaize and James Falla join Tony Curr to reflect on this week’s States meeting, which saw members reject a code of conduct recommendation to suspend Deputy Gavin St Pier - after the P&R vice-president had revealed that tens of millions of pounds of public money appears to have been ‘wasted’ on two failed IT projects.

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In the second of a two-part interview, Gavin St Pier joins Matt Fallaize to talk about the code of conduct recommendation to suspend him from the States, which will go before members next week.

Read more on the background to the story here.

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In the first of a two-part podcast, P&R treasury lead Gavin St Pier joins Matt Fallaize to talk about the 2026 Budget and what comes next.

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Matt Fallaize and James Falla join Tony Curr to reflect on a turbulent week for the island’s air links, with British Airways landing in Guernsey as Blue Islands bows out.

Plus there’s a look ahead to next week’s States meeting as Deputy Gavin St Pier faces a vote on whether he should be suspended from the Assembly over a code of conduct breach.

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Matt Fallaize and James Falla join Tony Curr to review this week’s Budget debate, which saw P&R’s proposals approved - but not without a few dissenting voices.

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St Martin’s senior constable Dave Beausire joins Tony Curr and Matt Fallaize to preview next week’s Budget debate and talk parish politics ahead of the upcoming parish elections.

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Ahead of States members debating it early next month, former deputies Michelle Le Clerc and Heidi Soulsby dig in to the detail of the 2026 Budget and what it means for the island’s finances.

If you’ve got a question for a future episode, get in touch at longshortgsy@gmail.com.

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Matt Fallaize joins Tony Curr to discuss the big talking points from this week’s meeting, including the election of a new DPA president, updates from E&I, and the latest on the code of conduct recommendation to suspend Deputy St Pier from the States.

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Scrutiny president Deputy Andy Sloan joins Tony Curr and Matt Fallaize to look ahead to this week’s States agenda and talk about why he plans to vote against P&R’s 2026 Budget.

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After nine months in the job, States chief executive Boley Smillie joins Matt Fallaize to talk about what he’s learnt, what he wants to change, and why the island simply can’t continue on the path of public sector pay growth.

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In the second part of our interview with Deputy Lindsay de Sausmarez, Matt Fallaize speaks to the Policy & Resources president about the pressing issues facing her committee and the community, including housing, education, air links, and more.

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In the first of a two-part interview, Matt Fallaize sits down with the president of the Policy & Resources Committee, Deputy Lindsay de Sausmarez, to talk about its 2026 Budget, which was published earlier this week.

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After her first three months as a States member, Deputy Haley Camp - who sits on Economic Development and Scrutiny - joins Matt Fallaize to talk about economic priorities, the opportunities around digital assets, and why she thinks challenge is key to our consensus government.

Matt hasn’t been replaced by AI (just yet). There was a technical issue with his mic, so apologies for the audio quality on his end.

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Former deputies Heidi Soulsby and Michelle Le Clerc are bringing back their podcast this political term - and bringing it to the Guernsey Press Politics Podcast feed!

On the first of a new monthly ‘The Long and the Short of it’, they discuss the code of conduct case against Deputy Gavin St Pier, the role of States property services in light of the Fermain cafe saga, and where we are with scrutiny of the island’s finances.

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Matt Fallaize joins Tony Curr to round up the big talking points from this week’s one-day meeting, as P&R treasury lead Deputy Gavin St Pier updated members on public finances - against the backdrop of a code of conduct recommendation to suspend him from the States.

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With the States set to elect a new member of Policy & Resources next week, Tony Curr and Matt Fallaize are joined by P&R’s preferred pick to fill the vacant seat on the top committee — Deputy Yvonne Burford.

Plus there’s a look at what else is on the agenda, including school governance boards and an update statement from Economic Development president Deputy Sasha Kazantseva-Miller, fresh from her trip to a regional economic forum in Brittany.

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New Education, Sport & Culture president Paul Montague sits down with Matt Fallaize to talk about his first few weeks in the role, the current situation with the Sixth Form Centre, and some of the key issues facing his committee this term.

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Matt Fallaize joins Tony Curr to reflect on this week’s States debate - the first following the summer recess, as members talked education, police complaints and approved an unusual change to the next meeting...

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Tony Curr is joined by James Falla and Matt Fallaize to preview this week’s meeting, as the States return from summer recess facing an unprecedented situation following Deputy Jonathan Le Tocq’s arrest.

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Hear reaction from P&R president Lindsay de Sausmarez as Tony Curr, Matt Fallaize and former deputy Peter Roffey round up today’s election of the members of the States’ top committee.

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The first woman to lead Guernsey’s senior political committee.

Hear from Deputy Lindsay de Sausmarez, the new president of Policy & Resources, as Tony Curr and Matt Fallaize report on the first day of the States tern.

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Matt Fallaize joins Tony Curr to discuss the race to become P&R president, with four candidates looking likely to be in contention when the new Assembly meets next Tuesday to decide who should get the States’ top job.

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As candidates waited to hear their election fate last Thursday, Matt Fallaize spoke to former Bailiff Sir Richard Collas to get his thoughts on the campaign, the key election issues and the challenges facing the new States.

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Hear from Lindsay de Sausmarez, Yvonne Burford, Tom Rylatt and Carl Meerveld as Matt Fallaize joins Tony Curr to look at where the top 10 at this election might fit into the new States and where things came unstuck for some of the big names to miss out.

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Tony Curr is joined by Matt Fallaize and James Falla alongside departing deputy Peter Roffey and deputy-elect Andy Sloan to unpack the results of the 2025 general election.

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Tony Curr is joined by Matt Fallaize and James Falla to discuss the results of our online ‘exit poll’, plus we hear from some of those voting on the final polling day and there’s an interview with political spin doctor turned podcast heavyweight Alastair Campbell.

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Media studies teacher Ed Gregson, whose reviews of our candidate interviews have been generating plenty of discussion on Guernsey People Have Your Say, joins Tony Curr, Matt Fallaize, James Falla and Lucy Rouget as the election campaign enters its final week.

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Matt Fallaize speaks to Tony Corbin in our final candidate interview ahead of polling.

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Matt Fallaize speaks to Deputy Liam McKenna, who is bidding for a second States term.

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Matt Fallaize speaks to Bruno Kay-Mouat, a first-time candidate at this election.

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Matt Fallaize speaks to Charlie Murray-Edwards, a first-time candidate at this election.

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Matt Fallaize speaks to Deputy Andy Cameron, who is bidding for a second States term.

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Matt Fallaize speaks to Deputy Andrea Dudley-Owen, who is bidding for a third States term.

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Matt Fallaize speaks to Heidi Almonte, a first-time candidate at this election.

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Matt Fallaize speaks to 2025 election candidate Rosie Henderson.

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Matt Fallaize speaks to Kerry Barnfather, a first-time candidate at this election.

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Matt Fallaize speaks to Sally Rochester, a first-time candidate at this election.

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Matt Fallaize speaks to former deputy Mary Lowe, who is bidding for a return to politics at this election.

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Matt Fallaize speaks to Luke Graham, a first-time candidate at this election.

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Matt Fallaize speaks to Deputy Aidan Matthews, who is bidding for a second term in the States.

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Deputy Heidi Soulsby, who is standing down at the election having served as P&R vice-president, joins Tony Curr and Matt Fallaize to discuss the latest from the campaign trail.

Plus we hear from three young voters from the Sixth Form Centre after students got the chance to put their questions to candidates.

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Matt Fallaize speaks to Rob Curgenven, a first-time candidate at this election.

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Matt Fallaize speaks to Deputy Sue Aldwell, who is bidding for election for a second States term.

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Matt Fallaize speaks to Tom Rylatt, one of the first-time candidates running for Forward Guernsey.

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Matt Fallaize speaks to Steph Shore, a new candidate at this election.

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Matt Fallaize speaks to Rhona Humphreys, one of six candidates running for Forward Guernsey.

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Matt Fallaize speaks to Deputy Mark Helyar, who is bidding for re-election to the States for a second term.

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Matt Fallaize speaks to former P&R president Peter Ferbrache, who is bidding for re-election to the States.

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