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Surrey County Council announced yesterday they had formally reached an agreement for Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service to use their control centre from March
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In a letter to David Pugh, UNISON branch secretary Mark Chiverton reports that on a daily basis, staff express their "huge sense of dismay, and almost despair, about the medium to long term future of the Island" to him and that the council need to recognise there is still a "deep unhappiness amongst staff groups working unsocial hours - many of whom are low paid (e.g. care staff, Floating Bridge workers, crematorium, technicians etc)."
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Watch the footage of Council leader David Pugh giving evidence to the Culture, Media And Sport Committee earlier this morning.
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Letter to the Editor from Ian Anstice of Public Libraries News in relation to Cllr David Pugh giving oral evidence to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee tomorrow (Tuesday) at 10.30am.
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John Luckett, the care worker who invited all councillors to shadow a care worker for a day, shares the lengthy response he had from council leader, David Pugh.
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Children's social workers on the Isle of Wight are to continue to receive a market supplement on top of their salaries to bring their pay in line with social workers elsewhere in the region.
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The meeting starts an hour earlier today due to the time-consuming agenda items which includes consideration of the 2012/13 proposed budget.
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Library campaigner Dave Quigley writes to Select Committee to ensure that they have balanced view of situation on the Island.
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Please share. Anyone affected by the High Court judgment against the Isle of Wight council's adult social care policy should try to get to this meeting being run by the Carers Forum on 27th February.
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Cllr Pugh will be giving evidence to the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee on Library Closures later this month.
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The library now has 30 volunteers, including council leader David Pugh, and is fully managed locally.
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The Cabinet will consider the proposed 2012/13 budget at next week's meeting, being held from 5pm on 14th February.
