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Islanders concerned about proposed cuts to public services will gather outside County Hall later to show their opposition to the plans and to ask the IWC to call on the Prime Minister for more funding.
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Saturday's demo for health, homes, jobs and education saw around 150,000 people from around the country gather in London - this included Islanders who travelled up by coach with others from Portsmouth.
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It has to become law before it can be enforced, but in the meantime more than 50 authorities have made the same declaration, said Cllr Jarman
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Members of the Isle of Wight council Conservative administration recently joined others from around the country to meet with government ministers and discuss issues such as funding, homelessness and housing.
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The Conservative Group of Councillors say they welcome the Alliance Group's budget, but add they can go further by, among other things, borrowing more to tackle the housing crisis on the Isle of Wight
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Despite Cllr Hutchinson saying at the January full council meeting that the Conservative Group would not be submitting a budget this year, plans have changed and proposals are being finalised.
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The Independent Labour councillor, Geoff Brodie, voted in favour of the Conservative amendment and also used his casting vote to pass it
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The Corporate Plan - which runs until one year before the end of the Conservatives' term in power - sets out their aspirations and targets for the coming three and ten years.
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The chair of Newport Business Association believes plans to introduce parking charges where there currently aren't any shows the Isle of Wight council is not on the side of small businesses. Ryde Business Association say the 'fight is on'.
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It is six years since the Government accepted a peer-reviewed study from the University of Portsmouth which calculated the extra cost of providing local government services on the Isle of Wight was £6.4m
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A mix of major savings and key initiatives to stimulate the economy are being proposed in the Isle of Wight Council’s budget strategy report for the next three years.
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The Isle of Wight council has had to find savings (read cuts) of £93 million over the past 12 years due to a fall in Government funding and rising costs. The coming years will be no exception and the council explain why
