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The Isle of Wight Council has successfully secured £50,000 from the government to help develop a bid for up to £500,000.
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Although the Isle of Wight council have an underspend of close to £5,000,000 those in charge say they will still need to raise council tax next year, due to the cuts in government funding.
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The Isle of Wight council had planned to cut the £60,000 Cross-Solent Travel Scheme funding, but following a 3,000+ strong petition and Healthwatch survey, the Cabinet member is recommending it is retained and gifted to the NHS to administer.
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Do you think you were manipulated by the council last week? VentnorBlog lays out the evidence for you to decide
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The council have entered a 30 day consultation with 146 members of staff after 82 posts were identified for potential redundancy.
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The Isle of Wight Council has launched a consultation with staff over potential redundancies in the coming year.
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40 will be retained rather than 35 as previously proposed
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Members voted 22-13 last night to approve the Conservative administration's budget for 2018/19 which sees a council tax rise of 5.99% and £7.5m of cuts to services.
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Savings (cuts) of £7.5m are proposed for the 2018-19 Isle of Wight council budget. OnTheWight has the details.
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The council say that £3m would need to be found to keep the floating bridge running as it nears the end of its life, so proposals are up for consideration to introduce a 50p each way foot passenger charge.
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If the budget proposal is approved at the end of the month, foot passengers will soon have to pay to use the Cowes Floating Bridge.
