Plus, Dr Allinson’s response.
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Final Day of TT Consultation
Under the proposed schedule, there would be a 10 race programme.
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MHK Launches Bus Survey
The survey has 15 questions and looks at a range of issues.
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Manx Care Fined for Failure to Protect Patient Info
Manx Care has acknowledged the significant failures and outlined how it is reforming its procedures.
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Unemployment Rises Slightly
The International labour organisation estimates that there are 747 people current unemployed.
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Maternity Pay, Nursery Fees and the Living Wage
Jean-jee red ennagh, do something.
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It’s Not Just Families Who Need Help
Today we are giving over Gef to you our readers.
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Jean-jee red ennagh!
Submitted by a reader.
Thanks to Culture Vannin for the translation.
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We Need Your Help
All messages and emails will be held in the strictest confidence.
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An End to Universal Free Testing
Visitors to health and care settings will no longer be required to take LFTs.
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Tynwald to Consider Broader Support
Payments totalling £2.8m are to be made this autumn to cushion those most vulnerable.
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Boffins Bungled Living Wage
The gov has committed to ensuring that the island’s minimum wage should rise to meet the living wage by 2025.
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Gov Projecting £21m Overspend
Projections for year end 2022/23 were released by Treasury Minister Dr Alex Allinson
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MWT Takes on Woodland
MWT will take over the running of the plantation initially until 2121
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Chief Constable’s Pay Warning
In his opening remarks, Mr Roberts praised his officers as ‘remarkable public servants’.
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Gef Looks at the Key Worker Housing Scheme
The scheme is open for high school teachers and healthcare workers relocating to the island.
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Thomas Closes Door on Replacing Railway Bridges
Planning approval was granted for the plans in August 2021, but the scheme now looks dead.
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Covid, Cruises and Cancelled Buses
A raft of emails has been released detailing the cancellations after an FoI request from the Guild of Manx Registered Tour Guides.
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Normal Service Will be Resumed, Eventually
The contingency bus timetable was introduced by the DoI on June 17.
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Committee: What’s Your View on Having Kids?
Submissions to a short questionnaire can be made online
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Over £4m Spent on Agency Staff in Six Months
The figures were requested by Douglas North MHK David Ashford.
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MHKs in Talks to Recall Tynwald as Public Demand Answers
Under standing orders, Tynwald can be recalled if a majority of MHKs sign a request to the President.
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Should Tynwald Be Recalled?
An MHK has suggested Tynwald may need to be recalled to outline what support will be on offer to islanders after the announcement of more increases in gas prices. Dr Michelle Haywood has said that while today’s increase was expected, ‘the scale of it on top of previous rises is […]
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Gef’s Daily Roundup
Porkies Pigs, reared by students at Ramsey Grammar School Farm, are now on sale at W E Teare’s in Ramsey. Students help with the day to day running of the working farm, which features barns and crops, and livestock ranging from pigs and sheep to bees and chickens. Daily duties […]
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Gas Prices to Rise by 43.9%
The All Island tariff is going up by 6.8p per unit.
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Jersey’s £56.5m Mini-Budget
Let’s see what our friends in the Channel are up to.
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Half of Tynwald Day Petitions Rejected
Trevor Cowin had four of his five petitions thrown out.
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Gef’s Daily Roundup
Two for Tuesday can mean pizza or cocktails, maybe even both.
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Did Health Chief Pay Tax or Not?
Kathryn Magson was interim CEO of DHSC until earlier this year
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Tributes Paid to Former Speaker David Cannan
John David Qualtrough Cannan served in the House of Keys from 1982 to 2011.
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All-Island Pool Levy Proposed
The matter is due to go before Castletown Comms next week.
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CURA to Consult on Gas Regs Bill
The consultation is referred to in the Communications and Utilities Regulatory Authority’s work plan for 2022/23.
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Commissioners Back KWC Pool
This comes after the board of the Southern Swimming Pool appealed against principle planning approval being granted for the scheme.
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Over 175 Buses Were Cancelled During TT
The figures have been released after an FoI request from Gef.
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Public Kept Out of Pool Review?
The appointment of off-island consultants to conduct a review of swimming pools was queried this week in Tynwald.
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Legalise Weed to Attract Tourists
It is one of several recommendations made by KPMG.
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Putting an End to This Sh!t
Daphne Caine’s bid for a review ultimately failed.
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100% Carbon Neutral Electricity by 2030
The strategy was outlined by Chief Minister Alf Cannan today in Tynwald.
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Gov to Conduct Cannabis Review
It is expected that the review will be delivered by September 2023
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Cannan Outlines Bold Economic Strategy
There is a lot of jargon such as ‘once in a generation’ so we’ve tried to break it down.
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Gov Launches TT Consultation: The Sequel
Its previous consultation, back in 2021, saw just 37 responses, of which just five were supportive of the plans.
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Tynwald Preview: Major End of Term Vibes
There’s 40 questions and 49 motions on the main order paper alone.
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Commissioners Say They Have a Plan for Shelter
The authority says it intends to install showers and lockers.
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Manx Wood in High Demand
Clare Barber was asked for an update by Ayre & Michael MHK Tim Johnston.
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It’s an Actual Money Pit!
Plus, our FoI looks at some of the annual costs for the ferry terminal.
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Slow to Modernise Fleet
The figure is included in the Phase One Action Plan progress report from Net Zero Isle of Man.
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Noble’s ED Not Staffed to Required Level
Teresa Cope was appearing before a Tynwald committee when she was asked about staffing at Noble’s.
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Gives us a Three Year Budget
It was recently announced that almost 20% of roles in Manx Care are unfilled.
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Ex-Chief Secretary Ordered to Pay Court Costs
Deemster Corlett had previously ruled that Will Greenhow had breached Douglas Bayley’s human rights
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59 Extension in 61 Days
The figures have been released by the DoI following an FoI request.
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Over £200,000 Paid Out to Departing Civil Servants
Figures were released after a question from Onchan MHK Rob Callister.
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Abortion Reform Act ‘Fully Implemented’
Mr Hooper was asked for an update by Speaker Juan Watterson.
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Point of Order – Will a Rule Change Work?
The proposal goes to Tynwald next week.
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Tory Leadership: The Runners and Riders
The new PM is due to be announced on September 5.
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Gef’s Daily Roundup
No roundup tomorrow or Monday as Sam is away (please hold back your tears/cheers)
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Garden Waste Collections to Coincide With Bin Cuts
Once the garden waste collection service is underway, the household refuse collections will move from weekly to fortnightly.
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Crogga and Orsted Told to Share Seabed
Both companies are seeking to use part of the seabed off the coast of Maughold
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Taking Workers’ Rights into the 21st Century
The consultations are available on the gov’s website.
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Covid Cases Caused Cruise Call Cancellation
In a statement, the department said that cancellations happen ‘from time to time’.
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Pardons Granted for Historical Homosexual Offences
The wait for an apology from the Constabulary continues.
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Do We Have Enough Pharmacies?
Mr Hooper was facing questions in Tynwald over the Jurby Health and Community Centre from Ayre and Michael MHK Tim Johnston.
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Will TT Goodwill Runout?
A second consultation is needed before the provisional TT23 schedule can be locked in.