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The families of over 11,000 children breathed a sigh of relief on Monday, after the House of Lords forced the Chancellor to rethink controversial plans to slash tax credits to thousands of Island families.
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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Local councillors have started to have their long-established right to have planning applications 'called in' for public discussion over-ruled by the Wendy Perera, Head of Planning at the council. Moves are afoot to stop it.
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Follow our live coverage of the discussions and debate at the October full council meeting from the comfort of your home of office.
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Government announcement threatens beginning of the end for Island Line, Labour warns.
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The council say they are determined to do something to help alleviate the suffering of the refugees but have to wait for further guidance from the Government first.
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Concerns it could open the council to judicial review led to 12 members abstaining and nine voting against the motion to declare the Isle of Wight 'Fracking Free'.
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Labour councillors suggest the council should break the three-year agreement and remove the £330,000 subsidy from the organisation in charge of promoting tourism this year in order to save community services.
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Cllr Hillard says they are very happy to speak to representatives of local councils regarding services in their area, should they need further assistance in developing their plans.
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Cllr Geoff Lumley says getting County Hall to tell Newport Parish Council how much the services they want to take on would cost "has been like drawing teeth". They have a pot of extra money, but it's still unspent.
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The public consultation which was due to start this week has been postponed until the New Year, as councillors call-in the Executive's decision to go ahead with the consultation.
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Mention of which site a merged secondary school could be based at has been removed from the consultation paper's proposals, but another item the Scrutiny Committee recommended should be removed has remained in place.
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Cllr Geoff Lumley says the Independent administration pays no greater heed to real scrutiny than previous administrations and resigns from the post of chairman.
