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The data from last week's YouGov/Times poll has been used to create a voting intention map of the UK - it predicts the Isle of Wight switching to Labour
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There are 17 amendments that Seely supports such as, developers having to pay council tax on dwellings from the day planning permission required them to be completed, and taking into account the character and past performance of a developer before permission is granted
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How much do you think you might be saving in tax and NI after the budget? - News OnTheWight has calculated how much based on official Isle of Wight salary figures
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Seely sought assurances that once new planning laws come into place that the Island Plan's standard methodology used for setting housing numbers would be reviewed
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A detailed feasibility study on funding and timelines has yet to take place, but the council explain what the new cultural centre could include
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With publications like the Financial Times asking, “Is Britain now in a full-blown economic crisis?”, there’s a need for Islanders to understand the views of the Isle of Wight’s elected representative, Conservative MP, Bob Seely, about the budget
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The latest non-fiction book by writer Hunter Davies (his 103rd!) charts his move to the Isle of Wight and features a few local residents, including current IW MP, Bob Seely. Here’s what we learnt about Bob that we didn’t know before reading Love in Old Age
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Cllr Quigley says Isle of Wight MP passed up the opportunity to force time-based reductions of sewage outflow when he voted against the Duke of Wellington Amendment to the Environment Bill
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The Isle of Wight MP spoke in Parliament, calling for the legal timescales in which Government can demand action from the water companies to be brought forward
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Isle of Wight NHS Trust say they need to spend an additional £10-12 million in order to provide a similar standard of healthcare to that enjoyed by mainland residents, so although the extra money is welcomed, it's half of what's needed
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IW Can Depress have designed and printed what they are calling poo-st cards to send to the Isle of Wight MP calling for action over sewage outflows
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We asked Facebook's new Artificial Intelligence chatbot what it thought of Bob Seely - its response was quite surprising
