The detail behind the decision-making at last night's emergency Executive meeting to agree the transfer of Cowes Enterprise College to Ormiston Academies Trust.
Hot on the heels of the resignations of the Leader and Deputy Leader of the Isle of Wight council and the Executive resignations of Cllrs Jordan and Stephens, another Independent councillor has stepped down from the Executive.
Most councillors argued the controversial Trade Union Bill would damage the currently-good relations between the council and officers. Conservatives councillors stuck to the Government line.
Cllr Geoff Lumley says getting County Hall to tell Newport Parish Council how much the services they want to take on would cost "has been like drawing teeth". They have a pot of extra money, but it's still unspent.
Whether the call-in will delay work going on behind the scenes to prepare reports due to go to the October Executive for both Undercliff Drive and Totland Seawall is not yet known. We've asked and are awaiting a response.
The annual conference, this year focusing on safeguarding in the context of the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, is jointly run by the Isle of Wight Safeguarding Adults Board & the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner.
The emphasis on this budget is for the council to protect the vital services and look to town and parish councils or others to support other non statutory public services.