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Bob Seely MP urges all businesses on the Isle of Wight in the seafood industry to look at this funding pot to see if it can help them
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The Business Secretary is to waive competition law to allow Isle of Wight ferry operators to coordinate to keep routes open and essential goods flowing
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This reader calls on the Isle of Wight MP to take action to help change the VAT law about building on brownfield sites so that precious farmland can be protected for food production
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Leader of the council told News OnTheWight, "It would be disappointing if our MP was privately aware of the figure the council will receive, but has chosen to withhold that information from the council"
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Peter Clarke, HM chief inspector of prisons, said there was little support for victims of violence, even though relationships between staff and prisoners were good.
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If you're wondering why more and more MPs are mentioning the Isle of Wight MP, Bob Seely this week, here's why
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An amendment to a raft of welfare reforms recognises that crabs and lobsters can feel pain and should be included along with vertebrate animals in the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill
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The Group leader of IW Conservative councillors last night blamed the council's 'socialist ideology' for not making a further £3.7m of cuts (to vital services). He said the approach just "won't cut it with the government".
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There has been a rise in the last month in the number of Isle of Wight residents claiming out of work benefits, and a rise of 95 since the same time last year
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Most primary schools on the Isle of Wight will be losing funding within new National Funding Formula proposal.
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The Government has committed to cover Isle of Wight council's cost to appeal the Jon Platt school holiday fines case at the High Court and beyond.
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The mastermind behind attempt to smuggle 100,000 illicit cigarettes into the UK has been sentenced today.
