Guernsey's chief will attend pre-G8 meeting

CHIEF Minister Peter Harwood, pictured, has confirmed that he will attend a meeting called by UK Prime Minister David Cameron ahead of the crucial G8 summit.

Mr Cameron has invited Crown dependencies, overseas territories and some non-governmental organisations to London for a pre-summit event called Open for Growth: Trade, Tax and Transparency.

The UK currently holds the president of the G8 and is putting tax transparency centre stage.

Guernsey had been waiting to find out more detail on what the meeting would be about before making its decision to attend.