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With both the Leader and his deputy resigning today - the question arises - 'What next?' The council has just laid out what follows.
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Donations from staff made the Taste of Diversity event, which was held outside office hours, possible.
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The council leader says the decision "has been reached with much regret", but all schools have been informed of options on how they can retain school crossing patrols through their own in-house arrangements.
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UKIP Councillor, Graham Perks voted against the proposal to treat Ventnor Town Council as a Special Purchaser of the Coastal Centre at Salisbury Gardens. It made no difference to the outcome of the vote though and the support of the Scrutiny Committee was recorded.
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There is a recommendation to not endorse the STP document, which Labour councillor, Geoff Lumley believes is "an attempt by a Tory Government quango, NHS England to undermine and close down many of our highly-valued NHS services."
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Following Saturday's anti-austerity march in London, eleven Isle of Wight councillors have signed up to the national ‘Councillors Against Austerity’ founding statement and ask the Government to reverse cuts to council funding
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Conservative councillors, including the group leader and the Chairman of the Island Conservatives voted in favour of keeping the rail line in the franchise at last night's meeting. It appears the Island's MP is now left standing alone on his support for a CIC to run Island Line trains.
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Changes have been announced for the responsibilities of most of the senior councillors - otherwise known as the Executive.
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Residents waited with baited breath at last night's Executive meeting to hear whether Members would approve funding that would allow them to get back into their homes.
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In the lead up to the clear focus on regeneration over the coming months, the leader of the Isle of Wight council has restructured the Executive.
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Engineers commissioned by Island Roads concluded this week that the small section of road rebuilt by volunteers was unsafe for residents' cars to use. The council Executive have now commissioned their own independent assessment of the work.
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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.
