Late last night Cllr Whitehouse issued a notice declaring mental health issues will stop him running for one of the two Isle of Wight MP seats in the 2020 election. He's also resigning from IWC committees, but will serve out his time as a ward councillor for Newport West.
The election material of the Shanklin councillors has been investigated and reviewed by senior police within Gold Command. It's been found there "certainly has been a breach" of electoral law.
A new fund from the Government aims to assist coastal communities to grow local economies and create job opportunities. The Government wants charities, voluntary and community sector organisations, social enterprises and private sector companies to come up with imaginative ideas to create jobs and put in bids for this money.
Cllr Hastings says his wife she felt it was wrong to take the seat unopposed, having lost the Isle of Wight Council election for the Carisbrooke and Gunville seat
Ian Ward, a past Chairman of the Isle of Wight council and current IW Conservative Chairman, has received criticism over his Retweet of Tommy Robinson, the notorious ex-leader of EDL.