Lib Dems elected to key council roles
Lib Dems elected as deputy leader of Isle of Wight Council and three committee vice-chairs.
Lib Dems elected as deputy leader of Isle of Wight Council and three committee vice-chairs.
Lib Dem councillor Michael Lilley has won backing from Isle of Wight councillors urging the government to end the controversial two-child benefit cap.
An Isle of Wight Council fund which can help to reduce poverty will get priority for replenishment after an amendment proposed by the council’s Liberal Democrat Group was accepted at the budget setting meeting of the full council on 27 February 2025.
The government must give a categorical assurance that the Isle of Wight will remain a standalone unitary council, say Isle of Wight Lib Dems. Merger with a mainland council must be ruled out.
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