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Island Deal

The outcome of a study by Portsmouth University, commissioned by the Island Independents during their administration (2013-2017), found that it cost Isle of Wight council £6.4 million more each year to provide services due to being an island.

In following years, successive administrations have called for an Island Deal, pressuring the Government to recognise the Island’s unique status.

Below are articles relating to the Island Deal.

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7, June 2022·4 min read

All sorts of trouble for Bob Seely following his Johnson vote justification

The MPs’ reference to reminding ministers about the Island Deal before voting to keep Boris Johnson in power is being called out on Twitter and now the national press are running it too

14, May 2022·2 min read

Bob Seely responds to Letter calling for Conservative MPs to start ‘genuinely’ delivering for their communities

Raye Peterson had written a Letter to the Editor suggesting that Conservative MPs would have to start ‘genuinely’ delivering for their communities. IW MP, Bob Seely, saw the letter and has responded

21, February 2022·1 min read

Isle of Wight Green councillors to support Alliance budget for the coming year

with a focus on the inclusion of housing affordable for Island residents, coastal flood protections and a new Mission Zero Community Hub, Green Councillors announce they will support the Alliance budget this Wednesday

17, February 2022·2 min read

Levelling up cash from Government ‘not enough’ agrees Isle of Wight MP

The £1m cash boost was described as ‘highly unsatisfactory’ and ‘profoundly disappointing’ by the Alliance administration last week. MP says he agrees it 'was not enough'

9, February 2022·2 min read

Isle of Wight council ‘profoundly disappointed’ at £1m levelling up money

It is six years since the Government accepted a peer-reviewed study from the University of Portsmouth which calculated the extra cost of providing local government services on the Isle of Wight was £6.4m

9, February 2022·3 min read

Gove’s £1m for Isle of Wight slammed as ‘highly unsatisfactory’ and ‘profoundly disappointing’ (updated)

Cllr Jarman told the meeting such a small amount was ‘illogical’, because the authority had provided “copious amounts of rational evidence to secure the future of the Island, but [was] being repeatedly ignored”

8, February 2022·3 min read

Isle of Wight council budget: Opposition councillors react

Opposition councillors react to budget plans published last week by the Alliance Group, who have been in charge at County Hall for nine months

2, February 2022·4 min read

Alliance say their proposed budget will ‘push reset button and reverse previous annual cycle of cuts and decline’

Cllr Jarman says "the £3 million of savings required by the process we have inherited, will in fact be mainly savings and efficiencies, rather than continuing the ongoing process of cuts"

15, December 2021·1 min read

‘Quite clear Bob is more interested in Bob than anyone on the Island’ says Labour councillor

Cllr Quigley said, "If Bob Seely was truly interested in the liberty and wellbeing of Isle of Wight residents and the UK population at large, he has had many chances to prove it"

8, December 2021·2 min read

Nothing solid from Prime Minister as Bob Seely asks about ‘The Island Deal’ at PMQs

The Prime Minister said the department is carefully considering the details of the study, about which the MP said the final calculations are due imminently

6, October 2021·2 min read

Isle of Wight Council sets out its aspirations for the next four years (updated)

The plan features a list of 50 corporate aims which will sit at the very heart of the authority, providing a blueprint for the direction of staff, priorities and core values of the new Alliance Administration

22, September 2021·1 min read

Island Line: ‘A long wait, but great improvements’ says cabinet member

It may have been a long wait, but passengers will notice great improvements. See within for details of what to expect

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