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Pubic Health Chief, Duncan Selbie, is visiting the Isle of Wight as part of a tour of all local authorities in England to gain a more detailed understanding of issues affecting local Public Health services.
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Head of Education has his contract terminated a year early next month as education services merged with Southampton.
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Independent councillors say a school-boy-error has been made. The possible impact? A £4.8m hole in the County Hall Refurb Budget
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After the recent drop in Island KS 2 SATS results, here's some background on the person the council is paying £100k+/year explicitly to improve the exam results
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VB will be putting VB contributors centre stage at a conference about Investigative Journalism today, where we're sitting on a panel with some heavyweight investigative journalists
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What the residents of Undercliff Drive need now is action. They've waited long enough to get things moving and are hoping the visit today by councillors and officers will see a fast and immediate practical response.
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There's a considerable shortfall in the council's pension pot.
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As part of the council's cost cutting measures, Dave Burbage could take a 20% pay cut.
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The now-ex Chief Exec of Isle of Wight Council, Steve Beynon, has started selling himself as a "Strong strategic leader with proven track record of addressing under-performance", an "Inspiring communicator" with "Honest and consistent behaviour".
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Questions on this are being raised in Parliament. The council's top man, Steve Beynon, needs to answer question on this.
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Steve Beynon's attempt at drawing a line under the long-running Dave Burbage Consulting Ltd matter
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Councillor says, "It is unthinkable that Councillors do not know the level of payments which they are in effect being asked to sanction."
