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The controversial restructuring of senior management at the Isle of Wight council begins next week when the Appointments Panel consider a new assistant chief executive and chief strategy officer.
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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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Isle of Wight's Bay Area councils unite, launching collaborative Place Plan consultation for shared regeneration vision
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OnTheWight has photos of the alterations made to the 'controversial' mural on the Nightingale Hotel following a meeting between the local councillor, the planning department and the hotel owner last week.
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Confidentiality agreements will bind the limited number of Cllrs who are admitted to the exclusive briefing about the Highways PFI from disclosing information they learn - even from other councillors, claims Cllr Brodie
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News OnTheWight has been speaking to those who are in play and also sifting through the rumours as to who will lead the Isle of Wight Conservative councillors. Voting take places on Friday
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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 Isle of Wight council's plans to set up a housing company to tackle the Island's housing crisis was probed by the Scrutiny Committee on Tuesday night
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The Conservative Group of Councillors say they welcome the Alliance Group's budget, but add they can go further by, among other things, borrowing more to tackle the housing crisis on the Isle of Wight
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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 council is proud to support International Women's Day and raises the Suffragette flag for gender equality
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The treatment of staff and pupils at Sandown Bay Academy by its sponsor, Academies Enterprise Trust, was described as appalling, atrocious and disappointing by councillors. They voted to have AET removed from all Island schools.
