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Vix Lowthion explains why the so called £200 rebate on energy bills announced by the Government last week will end up seeing many Islanders out of pocket
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In Parliament yesterday, Rishi Sunak clarified the position on £150 council tax rebates for second and empty homes, following the Isle of Wight MP’s question
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Isle of Wight politicians call out the Government's plans to 'level up' education as rolling education back towards the 1950s, adding that we'll simply see more academisation and elitism
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The Isle of Wight Coroner joins others who say there is a need for a dedicated Roads Policing Unit on the Isle of Wight. Here's what she says
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The Isle of Wight has been named as one of 55 areas around the country that will receive targeted support to improve education standards, say the Department for Education
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Here are the questions News OnTheWight asked Bob Seely, but that he avoided answering, plus comment on the Sue Gray report from IW politicians
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The Westminster Hall debate got heated for a few minutes yesterday after the SNP Shadow Spokesperson, Brendan O’Hara, referred to far-right libertarian Tories whilst gesturing towards Bob Seely
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Isle of Wight MP highly critical of some Covid modelling in Westminster debate – Not everyone agreed
The debate called into question the Covid-19 modelling, which he said was “getting to be a national scandal”, claiming parts of the media were responsible for a “tsunami of hysteria and fear” - News OnTheWight summarises both sides of the debate
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This News OnTheWight reader shares an Open Letter to Isle of Wight Conservative MP, Bob Seely, demonstrating against the Prime Minister's behaviour and the Downing Street parties
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Bob had asked what plans the Department for Education has to expand the provision of higher education. Here's what he was told
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32 per cent of Island children are living in poverty, but the Isle of Wight MP has not yet taken the 'No Child Left Behind' pledge or even replied to the two letters from the NEU asking him to commit to it
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The Police and Crime Commissioner says she has been successful in winning support for Isle of Wight added to the legal name of Hampshire Constabulary
