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All are welcome to the Unite the Isle of Wight public meeting taking place in Newport on Tuesday evening.
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A group of Isle of Wight mothers have been involved in a project to create a 5m banner hand knitted, crocheted, felted and stitched, which carries the message ‘Refugees Welcome: No Human Is Illegal’. See it this Saturday in Newport.
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Very much to the surprise of those who went to a constituency surgery meeting with Isle of Wight MP Andrew Turner, he led constituents to believe that Islanders shouldn't expect financial support from the Minister.
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The anti-austerity group say they're starting to see the real impact Government cuts are having on the Isle of Wight and will have in the future. Their third rally takes place on 28th November.
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Despite the atrocious weather over 100 Islanders turned out for the Unite the Isle of Wight's anti-austerity rally on Saturday to oppose the Government's austerity programme.
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Unite the Isle of Wight are a peaceful and proactive campaign group based on the Island. If you'd like to support their aims, you can donate via a new Crowdfunding page. They've also organised a rally in Newport for this coming Saturday (28th November).
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Cllr Dave Stewart is in no rush to pull back from labelling not cutting vital public services as 'socialist ideology'. We learn more from his recent letter too ...
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A contingent from the Isle of Wight is delivering a 10,000 signature petition to the Government today, calling for more money for the Island.
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Last month Conservative Group leader, Dave Stewart said not cutting funding to vital public services amounted to 'socialist ideology'. Last week he was supporting a campaign to bring more funding for public services to the Island. Confused? Many others are too.
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There were many revelations from the two Unite the Isle of Wight campaign group's meetings with MP, Andrew Turner on Friday. OnTheWight has all the details.
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The MP met with members of the campaign group, Unite the Isle of Wight, to hear about the real-life impact on Islanders of the Government's austerity measures. Tabling questions on the bedroom tax is one of the positive outcomes.
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Unite the Isle of Wight are happy with the Chancellor's decision to scrap proposed cuts to Tax Credits, but will be unpicking the full statement over the next few days.
