Isle of Wight home education community speaks out after heartbreak at PCC Donna Jones’s ‘criminal behaviour’ claims
Donna Jones (PCC) fails to provide stats to backup her home educated children ‘more likely to engage in criminal behaviour’ claims
New viability study proposed to address Isle of Wight’s transport challenges and economic impact (updated)
25, March 2011·5 min readHighways PFI: Is Edward Giles Confused About PFI Value?Is there confusion from the Cabinet member responsible over where the £1bn of value will be? We think so. He claims it'll be to the Island economy, PFI project manager says that's the amount being invested in the scheme.
11, January 2011·1 min readJanuary’s Cabinet Meeting CancelledCabinet member reports that were missed off the very-long December meeting won't get a public airing in January. Will they make it to the Feb meeting?
12, April 2011·1 min readIan Mac Interviews Philip Oxley (Isle of Arts) (podcast)Ian Mac talks to Philip Oxley about Isle of Arts
11, February 2011·1 min readSelf-Service Library Machines Could Cost £11,000 Per Library (Unconfirmed)The total cost of implementing a self-service library service could be considerable
30, March 2011·1 min readCllr Giles’ Responds Over PFI £1bn Island Economy BenefitCllr Giles responses over his 'benefit to the Island economy claim
2, March 2011·4 min readCllr George Brown’s Library Presentation at CabinetGeorge Brown's speech about the future of Island library services
6, April 2011·1 min readCabinet Consider Restructure Of Child Social CareCabinet will consider restructure of child social care
21, February 2011·1 min read40 Public Toilets Could Be Retained Under New Proposals40 will be retained rather than 35 as previously proposed
2, March 2011·1 min read£236,000 – The Cost Of Keeping All Island Libraries Open As They AreTo keep all of the Island's libraries open would only cost £236,000 - tha's only 0.2% of the council's total budget, says Cllr Bob Blezzard
8, February 2011·1 min readIndependent Councillors Propose Alternative BudgetAlternative budget will see libraries etc stay open
28, January 2011·1 min readPossible Victory For Westminster House CampaignersWestminster House saved for the time being
8, February 2011·1 min readGeorge Brown Announces Changes to Library ProposalsChanges to the library proposals announced by IWC