councillor for Lake South in the 2017 local council elections.
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The motion was not seeking to overturn the Planning Committee's decision, but was focused on the process leading up to that decision being made, said Cllr Jarman
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Conservative leader, Cllr Joe Robertson, thought that he was going to be elected as new Chairman of the Corporate Scrutiny Committee and claims there was a secret plot by the Alliance Group to appoint Labour councillor, Richard Quigley instead
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Cllr Brading argues there was not adequate consultation to revert the two-week break for October half-term holidays back to one week. Read the detail in the article
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Cllr Brading says no parents were consulted about change to October half term, and that a comprehensive consultation should have been carried out
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If a motion to reverse a decision that reversed a previous decision is agreed at next week's Full Council meeting, October half-term could be switched back to two-weeks
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The former Conservative cabinet member for education, Cllr Paul Brading, believes the "lack of clarity" over the future of the village school will be causing further anxiety and uncertainty for parents and staff
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Learn the top three priorities for their four year term of the person who was elected to be your Isle of Wight councillor. Today, the Southern and Bay areas
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The new Leader of the council said their mission is to use language that can be easily understood by residents. Opposition councillors said it was derogatory to rename 'officers' as 'staff'
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The former Cabinet member for children's services says the decision to scrap the two week half-term holiday was alarming and disrespectful
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Cllr Andre says situations have been compounded by Covid, but says we cannot continue to blame everything on the pandemic
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The votes were counted on Saturday and revealed some interesting results, with lots of new faces on Isle of Wight town, parish and community councils
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The upscale popular Fair was much-loved but came to an end when the decision to close the local primary school was made, but the organiser says he could be convinced to restart it and has some conditions
