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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’
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 Alliance say they are ‘trying to reverse the previous trends’ but were criticised for not reversing the changes made by the Conservatives
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Cllr Jarman said the project had many points of complexity and that independent evaluation would help find the right direction, before more taxpayers’ money is spent
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Two Isle of Wight councillors have joined forces to make a plea to passengers to consider the safety of vulnerable passengers crossing the Solent for medical appointments
