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Budget offers The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Mon, 01 Mar 2021 By Chris Cave - Local Democracy Reporter The founder of the Manx Taxpayers’ Alliance says government’s latest budget offers “the good, the bad and the ugly”. All but one Tynwald member backed the financial plan for the next 12 months. No tax rises were set out by Treasury Minister Alfred Cannan, while public sector pay rose by 1 per cent. Speaker of the House of Keys Juan Watterson was the only person to vote against the ...

Central government urged to modernise local authority laws Sat, 23 Jan 2021 By Chris Cave - Local Democracy Reporter The chair of Marown Commissioners has backed calls to bring local authority legislation into the 21st century. Alison Lynch says she would support updating the current laws as long as it didn’t have a negative impact on the services provided. Her comments come after central government was urged to review current rules earlier this week. Mrs Lynch believes broadcasting mee...

Investigation finds no interference with council by-election Tue, 15 Dec 2020 By Chris Cave - Local Democracy Reporter An investigation into an unsealed ballot box at a Douglas Council by-election has found there was no interference with voting. The number of ballot papers “tallied precisely with the number declared as issued at the polling station”, the authority said in a statement. Manx Labour candidates Devon Watson and Samuel Hamer were declared the new representatives of Derby Ward...