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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.

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"

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

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”

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

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'

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

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

Person logging onto Twitter with their mobile phone

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

Bob Seely pointing at Lisa Nandy in Parliament

9, June 2022·4 min read

Seely’s statement on Johnson support now centre of Commons row and accused of looking ‘awfully dodgy’

Bob Seely saying he’d received assurances on IW funding before voting to support Boris Johnson was subject of a Commons row yesterday, with the toned-down accusation being it looked ‘awfully dodgy’ after Seely challenged it

9, June 2022·1 min read

Letter: Has Bob Seely single handedly killed the Island Deal?

Cllr Richard Quigley says he believes Bob Seely has single handedly killed the Island deal this week during his justification for why he voted in favour of Boris Johnson

Julie Jones Evans with county hall in background

12, January 2023·2 min read

Cllr Julie Jones-Evans: Isle of Wight ‘deserves proper funding’ for economic recovery

Isle of Wight council members disagree on financial strategy during Corporate Scrutiny Committee. Cllr Chris Jarman urges self-sufficiency, whilst Cllr Julie Jones-Evans fights for proper funding and an Island Deal

25, January 2023·3 min read

Cabinet member reacts to Government rejecting IW ‘levelling up’ funding bid

The Isle of Wight walked away empty-handed during the latest round of 'levelling up' funding from the Government. Hear the Cabinet member's response

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