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Opposition councillors react to budget plans published last week by the Alliance Group, who have been in charge at County Hall for nine months
Andrew Garratt
Andrew Garratt was elected as Isle of Wight councillor for Parkhurst in the May 2017 local council elections. He was re-elected to the same ward in the May 2021 elections.
He is a member of the Liberal Democrat Party and Chairman of the Audit Committee.
Below are some of the articles in which Cllr Garratt is mentioned.
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Cllr Jarman said, “The Isle of Wight council should never be the vehicle that pushes Island families into homelessness or unsustainable debt and that must be major consideration in everything that we do"
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The vote was quite close with 15 members voting against the rise in their allowance, but it passed with 19 in favour
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The administration says it recognises the need to deal with poverty and would do all it could to challenge the issues, but Cllr Brodie says he won't let them off the hook
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Six councillors abstained from voting and five voted against the motion for the Isle of Wight council to support the Government's Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill
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The Liberal Democrat ward councillor for Parkhurst and Hunnyhill argues that the number of new homes planned for his area over the next five years is "excessively disproportionate"
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Learn the top three priorities for their four year term of the person who was elected to be your Isle of Wight councillor. Today, the central area
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Several readers have asked for a transcript of Cllr Clare Mosdell’s speech from last week’s full council meeting where spoke in favour of Cllr Steve Hastings being leader of the council, so here it is
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The new leader of Isle of Wight council, Lora Peacey Wilcox, has named her dream team for the council's executive
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While we’re waiting for this evening's vote - here’s what three key figures told News OnTheWight when we asked them who they would vote for to run the Isle of Wight council
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More details about the final tranche of Liberal Democrat candidates has been shared
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The Isle of Wight Liberal Democrats believe the Conservative plans for a Riverside Quarter in Newport will accelerate the decline of retailing in the town
