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The long-awaited official proposals have been released and now it's time to have your say. If the proposals for boundary changes are approved by Parliament in 2018, they should be in force by 2020.
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Ahead of the rumoured visit by the interim head of Ofsted this week, Labour repeat their calls for the creation of a taskforce – featuring education experts, teachers, governors and parents - to carry out a detailed study as to why education attainments lags behind the mainland in many areas.
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Find out what Isle of Wight MP Andrew Turner thinks of the boundary commission proposals to split the Island into two constituencies from 2020.
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Projects that raise awareness of loan sharks and how residents can get help could be funded up to £5,000 by the England Illegal Money Lending Team. Applications need to be in by the end of the month.
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Cllr Geoff Lumley will ask his fellow councillors to support a motion calling on the government to make fair transitional state pension arrangements for all women born on or after 6 April 1951.
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Farmers and growers challenged the MP to back British farming when a new agriculture policy.
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Islander, Rachel Brown, joins 21 women from around the country who will run workshops (designed by UK Parliament) on topics such as Empowering Women, Getting Heard and The History of Women and The Vote.
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A pattern seems to be emerging whereby Conservative councillors make accusations about the Island Independents (they're the group in charge of the council) which are quickly shown to be inaccurate. Cllr Bacon says it is not possible to work with those who would rather just throw stones.
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Although Brexit won't happen for at least two and a half years, the MP said "Those who tried to keep us in the EU by saying the sky would fall in if we voted Leave have been proved wrong."
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Isle of Wight Conservative MP, Andrew Turner, welcomes a change to that will not longer see troops subject to The European Convention on Human Rights on the battlefield.
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The NFU is calling for milk buyers to recognise the strength of current markets and start paying fair, sustainable prices to their milk suppliers.
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The plans for Solent Devolution will now go to the full council meetings for the three councils involved, ahead of each cabinet/executive making a decision on submitting a formal bid to government.
