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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"
Chris Jarman
Chris Jarman was elected as an independent councillor in May 2021 for the Totland and Colwell ward.
He joined the Alliance Group at County Hall, and became Cabinet member responsible for finances.
Two years later left the Alliance Group and set up the Empowering Islanders Group of councillors with three other councillors.
Below are articles featuring Chris Jarman.
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Isle of Wight Council Planning Committee deliberate variations to development at former holiday camp
The recommendatiom was for members to agree to conditional permission for the many variations submitted by the developer
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The council said not only is it cheaper for the taxpayer to resolve enforcement problems by early negotiation, but it also leads to a quicker resolution
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Cllr Jarman says "the £3 million of savings required by the process we have inherited, will in fact be mainly savings and efficiencies, rather than continuing the ongoing process of cuts"
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Cllr Jarman told the meeting such a small amount was ‘illogical’, because the authority had provided “copious amounts of rational evidence to secure the future of the Island, but [was] being repeatedly ignored”
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The pressure on Isle of Wight council's 'ever-pinching' Adult Social Care budget was highlighted at Tuesday's Scrutiny Committee, as a proposed rise to Wightcare costs was explained
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It is six years since the Government accepted a peer-reviewed study from the University of Portsmouth which calculated the extra cost of providing local government services on the Isle of Wight was £6.4m
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Cllr Chris Jarman says the budget focuses on three key areas — securing the frontline services of adult social care, children services and providing homes that are ‘affordable to Islanders’
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Cllr Jarman says the CARF funds target the greatest support to the smaller businesses impacted by the pandemic
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The Alliance Group announce their solidarity with the Ukrainian people in light of the "bloody and unjustified onslaught"
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Plans to set up a Working Party to review the Code of Practice of members of the Planning Committee have been approved, despite some resistance
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The Isle of Wight Council worked closely with external investment managers to understand whether they were exposed, and if so to what extent
