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Catch up: Isle of Wight council agree to push council tax up 3.99%

Isle of Wight councillors tonight (Wednesday from 5pm) debated and voted on the annual budget for 2020-21.

Isle of Wight council say they have to find £4.5m of cuts/savings in the next financial year, with many millions more over the next couple of years. The proposed Conservative budget would see a 3.99 per cent rise in council tax, two per cent of which goes directly towards adult social care.

The meeting will heard alternative budgets from the Liberal Democrats and the Independent Green candidate.

Catch up
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The Papers
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