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This reader is asking IW MP, Bob Seely, to find out when we can expect the £6.4m per annum extra promised by Boris Johnson, which Liz Truss has "pledged to honour"
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Cllr Lowthion shares her concerns about the Conservative councillor's desire to move new housebuilding from Freshwater and Bembridge to Newport
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Peter Shreeve, Assistant District Secretary of the National Education Union shares his thoughts on where he believes the new Prime Minister should be focusing her attention, including by creating positive change to benefit the education system as a whole and to take “bold” urgent steps to end child poverty
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This Childline volunteer counsellor reminds parents and children of the support they can receive from Childline, who last year delivered over 3,200 counselling sessions about going back to school
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This reader asks others to join the letter-writing campaign to urge the Government to reform parts of the Zoo Licensing Act 1981 to prohibit the keeping of elephants in zoos. She explains why here
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Vix Lowthion shares her take on the "privatisation experiment of the last few decades" and explains what she believes needs to happen to help keep people from falling deeper into crises
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The former curator of Ventnor Botanic Garden paid it a visit last week and has been left stunned by what he saw, slamming the current leaseholder, John Curtis, for what he labels ‘mismanagement’
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This readers says cyclists will be "topping 50mph over a surface that is so uneven and worn that it rivals the cobbles of Paris"
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Maggie Nelmes says the new Financial Services and Markets Bill could remove the barriers put in place to prevent another crisis after the banking crash fifteen years ago
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This reader urges Islanders who have witnessed the effects cuts to the Fire Service have had to respond to the Government White Paper by Tuesday
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This charity volunteer has found over the last few months that housing is a compounding problem for many of their clients and explains how the current housing system is not fit for purpose
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This reader from East Cowes shares his view on what has changed in the last 12 years of austerity
