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Independent Labour Party councillor, Geoff Brodie, is proposing to re-direct £2.2m of Conservative 'savings' (planned for Reserves) to reduce the Council Tax increase to 4.49%.
Geoff Brodie
Councillor Geoff Brodie has served as an Isle of Wight councillor for Pan and Barton for many years.
He changed his surname from Lumley to Brodie in May 2017.
Below are some of the articles in which Geoff Brodie is mentioned.
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Cllr Brodie has discovered the much-lauded extra £500,000 to "help fund social care" will not affect the proposed budget cuts to be voted on at tonight's Isle of Wight council meeting.
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When the Isle of Wight council Cabinet were questioned last week over a missed £700,000 saving on the PFI contract, the Cabinet member's (Ian Ward) response appeared to be contradicted by the CEO. OnTheWight has been digging to seek clarity.
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After Leader of the council, Dave Stewart, gave Scrutiny members an update on the Cowes floating bridge, they told him he'd be held accountable his comment about it providing 'a good and reasonable service'. OnTheWight reports in full detail.
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Members of the Scrutiny Committee ask 'Who runs the council?' after being told they can only view floating bridge documents sat in front of a laptop at County Hall (with an estimated reading time of 30 hours).
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The Isle of Wight Conservative council were last night accused by the Scrutiny Committee of ignoring the public's responses on caring for vulnerable Islanders. The responsible Cabinet member claimed she nearly resigned (but didn’t).
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After the positive vote at full council on votes for 16 and 17 year old Islanders, IW Labour's youth officer asks council leader, Dave Stewart, to lobby the MP and get more involved in promoting the issue.
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The Labour Party stalwart says he finds himself "very isolated from the local party leadership" and has left Labour after 35 years of membership.
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Find out what your Isle of Wight councillor had to say about giving 16 year olds the vote when it was discussed in the council chamber last week, and see whether you agree with them.
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Follow the twists and turns of the first Isle of Wight full council meeting of 2018 from the comfort of your armchair or office.
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Postponed from the November meeting, the motion is back on the agenda for next week's full council meeting.
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Cllr Brodie argues that even the Prime Minister and Cabinet are accountable to Parliament through PMQs and regular Ministerial Questions, with the media and public in attendance.
