councillor for Lake South in the 2017 local council elections.
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Peter Shreeve from the National Education Union says the news that 800 laptops have been given out and another 780 are due is not the whole story
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The Wightlink travel passes enable them to commute to a mainland college which offers specialist courses currently unavailable on the Isle of Wight
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The Island Futures service offers support for the next steps of school leavers
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Councillors debated and voted on next year's budget, which sees £5.5m of cuts/savings to public services including a 2.99 per cent increase to Council Tax, £1 overnight parking across the Island and 5% increase in crematorium and cemetery charges.
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The Isle of Wight council's director of regeneration and chair of the Isle of Wight Apprenticeship Board, will coordinate the scheme for the Island as a key part of the economic recovery of the Island
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Government figures on Isle of Wight social workers for children and families reveal only 1/3 of 73 full-time staff are actually working on cases. Caseloads are 122% of national average. One in five of experienced staff has left. But the council remained silent for eight days. OnTheWight has the full detail.
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After being rated Inadequate by Ofsted in 2012 the government insisted IWC partner with another authority's Children's Services and after teaming up with Hampshire, five year's later the IWC's social care service is now rated as Good.
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The junior minister said she was pleased to read about "the clear commitment of local leaders to improving services for children and young people with SEND" on the Isle of Wight
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From September there'll be limited availability of privilege seats on Isle of Wight school buses, and just a two week window to apply
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With vacancies on several committees, councillors have been criticised for not pulling their weight in the chamber. Meanwhile Reg Barry has been a councillor since 1993 and never missed a full council meeting
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Town Councillors were invited to add their names to a letter calling for the resignation of Cllr Dupre. OnTheWight has details of who has signed it.
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Cllr Brading said there were many reports of water-powered crafts constantly getting too close to swimmers last summer
