Crown Dependencies should work together

There's great potential for the Crown Dependencies to work together more closely in future.

So says Chief Minister Allan Bell, who held talks with his Jersey and Guernsey counterparts in London on Thursday.

A number of issues were discussed, including the economy, growing global pressure on tax issues and international aid contributions.

Mr Bell says it's something of a return of the tripartite meetings of old, which had fallen by the wayside somewhat in recent years: