·1 min read
From outside St Mary's Hospital in Newport this morning, Green Party co-leader, Caroline Lucas, will be launching her party's pledge to protect the NHS from privatisation.
·5 min read
You are not automatically registered to vote just because you pay council tax. In order to vote in the General Election on 8th June you need to make sure you are registered. Find out how to do that and more with this handy guide.
·5 min read
The independent candidate says she was left feeling 'bullied and victimised' after an exchange with Isle of Wight Green Party candidate and the chairman. They deny making any demands on candidates to stand down.
·1 min read
The names of all those standing in the 2017 General Election has been confirmed by the Isle of Wight council. Voters will go to the polls on Thursday 8th June.
·1 min read
The efforts of a few individuals to ensure as many people on the Isle of Wight as possible are registered to vote is to be commended. Read on to find out more.
·2 min read
Leo Harverson spent Saturday helping Islanders who were not already registered to vote to get registered, so their voice can be heard in the 2017 General Election next month. Here's how he found the experience.
·7 min read
Green Party pledges to scrap SATs and ditch academies and promises to plug £7billion funding gap facing education. Vix Lowthion says, “We need to put the enjoyment, creativity, and inspiration back into school.”
·1 min read
Labour's candidate, Julian Critchley, says his party's education policy will be a blueprint for a world-leading education system for all.
·1 min read
If elected as Member of Parliament for the Isle of Wight, Julian Critchley will vote to protect and properly fund the National Health and Social Care Services.
·1 min read
The legalisation of Cannabis, a discounted bus pass for 16-21 year olds, protection of the Triple-locked pension and more funding for the Isle of Wight NHS are just some of the election promises made by the Liberal Democrats today.
·1 min read
Labour candidate in the 2017 general election, Julian Critchley, says the Labour Manifesto is the most radical produced by either of the main two parties in nearly forty years. Hear more from him at upcoming public events.
·1 min read
The announcement that if Conservatives are voted back into government, pensioners will need to surrender the value of those homes to meet care costs could well have sent shock waves through the retired population of the Isle of Wight today.
