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A cross-party delegation attended the meeting in Westminster yesterday to discuss cuts to ferry services.
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These Islanders believe that cutting the UK’s aid budget – which was endorsed by Bob Seely MP last week – could seriously harm the UK’s international standing and would be an absurd idea.
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Yesterday the Island’s MP, Andrew Turner, led a 90 minute debate in Westminster Hall on the subject of Government policy on immigration.
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Angela Hewitt shares a letter she's sent to the Isle of Wight MP, arguing that the cost of online protection should be met by the companies that force us to pay online
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The Financial Times report that a lack of Pillar 2 testing data is hampering the efforts of local authority leaders to manage new Covid-19 outbreaks. News OnTheWight asked the IW council about it
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Isle of Wight council secures crucial funding to support vulnerable households
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It was all change again yesterday as the Chancellor announced an extension to the furlough scheme and increases for self-employed grants. But still no support for a large number of small businesses
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Isle of Wight council leader joined others on the huge anti-austerity march in London on Saturday. The first time Labour councillor, Geoff Lumley, says he's ever been joined by a council leader on a demo.
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Being interviewed yesterday Bob Seely said, 'There are worse things to lie about' than Partygate for Boris Johnson, quickly following it with, 'if he did'. When asked to clarify, he became spikey. Here’s the transcript
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The funding is part of a £3m programme across seven sites in the UK designed to help areas, like the Isle of Wight, that have particularly struggled to recruit and retain GPs.
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If you have been shielding or know someone else who has, the guidance from Government is due to change from next week. News OnTheWight have the detail within
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Isle of Wight MP, Bob Seely says he does not believe the planned two-day rail strike has anything to do with the Island and condemns the action of RMT Union members.
