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The Isle of Wight MP highlighted problems with the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and the opportunities ahead post-Brexit this week.
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Vix Lowthion has been reselected to challenge Andrew Turner for the Isle of Wight constituency in the next General Election.
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The Conservative Government asked Isle of Wight council to appeal school holiday fines case, others remind Conservative councillor and MP.
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Valerie Nettles says young males continue to go under the radar in missing person cases and calls for a number of changes in the way missing persons cases are handled by police.
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Liz Truss, the Secretary of State for Justice, has said that making prisons safer places is her number one priority and that she'd be investing in additional prison staff across the estate. It's not yet known whether that will include the Isle of Wight.
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The MP says that the level of immigration into the UK in the last year is unsustainable adding that he believes it "changes communities and threatens social cohesion".
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Sue Grant's future son-in-law, who is in the middle of post graduate studies in China, has been denied a Visitor's Visa to visit the Island over Christmas. She's looking for support from Andrew Turner MP to help reverse the decision.
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How will Isle of Wight schools be affected if the proposed funding changes are introduced in 2018/19? OnTheWight breaks down how each IW school will all do - and by how much.
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Business leaders in rural areas are calling for urgent discussions on measures to address the continued neglect of rural areas by mobile network operators.
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The Department for Education are keen to see this case resolved in the Supreme Court as it has public policy implications across the country, but needed the Isle of Wight council to lodge the appeal. They will pick up all future costs.
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Sounds like plans for the Solent Devolution deal are not going to be forthcoming from the Government in the immediate future.
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The Isle of Wight council is to benefit from a £1.5m windfall from the new Community Housing Fund and the MP believes they should consult the public on where to spend it.
