Isle of Man Today - Politics Feed

Bus strike in the balance

Fri, 24 May 2013 06:39:57 GMT

Could the TT bus strike be called off at the 11th hour?

Council collects 99.4% of the rates payable to it

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:39:41 GMT

Douglas Council has collected 99.4 per cent of the rates due to it for the 2012-2013 financial year.

Council tenants won’t be singled out

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:49:33 GMT

There is absolutely no intention to single out one sector of the community when means testing is introduced, the Chief Minister assured Tynwald.

Beecroft says £4.5m Sefton deal was a ‘serious error’

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:22:07 GMT

Liberal Vannin MHK Kate Beecroft was accused of smearing the names of shareholders when she presented to Tynwald the findings of her research into the Sefton Group.

Flybe sells off Gatwick slots to rival

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:13:03 GMT

Flybe has sold its landing slots at London Gatwick airport to easyJet for £20 million.

Isle of Man Law Society in rent dispute

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:30:00 GMT

The Law Society is embroiled in a rent dispute with the landlord of its premises, Tynwald heard.

Developer was bluffing and Bell colluded, conman claims

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:45:11 GMT

Tynwald select committee hearings rarely elicit much interest from the public.

Isle of Man TT deal is ‘no back-door Manx Radio subsidy’

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:26:49 GMT

Awarding Manx Radio the rights to broadcasting the TT without going to tender was not a ‘back door subsidy’, Treasury Minister Eddie Teare insisted in Tynwald.

Atos doctor claims ‘fitness to work’ tests were unfair

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:09:04 GMT

The Social Care Minister says he is ‘completely comfortable’ with fitness to work tests being conducted on benefit claimants by Atos – despite concerns raised by a former employee in the UK.

Bus dispute: questions answered

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:53:12 GMT

Reporter Adrian Darbyshire speaks to DCCL chief executive Nick Black

‘I’m no militant’ says union boss behind the TT strike

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:51:56 GMT

The UK-based union official who is handling the bus drivers’ dispute has denied he is a militant.

Here we go again – yet another attempt at reforming LegCo

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:17:00 GMT

There have been numerous attempts at reforming the Legislative Council over the years – and all have ended in inglorious failure.

I took no part in Sefton bail-out, says acting AG

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:15:29 GMT

The acting Attorney General has insisted he has exerted no influence on the Sefton bail-out deal – despite being a shareholder and former legal advisor to the company.

Who would get your vote in Douglas West by-election?

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:14:31 GMT

Voters in the Douglas West constituency will go to the polls tomorrow (Thursday) to elect a new member of the House of Keys.

Bell welcomes Cameron’s letter

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:21:07 GMT

THE Chief Minister this afternoon held a press conference in the wake of David Cameron’s letter to the Manx government and all of Britain’s other Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories.

Liberal Vannin Party backs Isle of Man Chief Minister over lesbians

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:04:07 GMT

The Liberal Vannin party has weighed into the debate about the clergyman who refused to let a property to a couple because they were lesbians.

Who’ll do what in departments

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:25:31 GMT

Infrastructure Minister David Cretney has announced who’ll do what in his department after the reshuffle.

Government seeking anyone with a bus driver’s licence to come forward today

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:06:14 GMT

The government is looking for anyone with a bus driver’s licence to come forward to help them to break the proposed strike over the TT festival.

Well-off pensioners should have to pay up

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:56:52 GMT

Liberal Vannin leader Peter Karran says it’s crazy that pensioners on high incomes continue to get free dental care and prescriptions.

Isle of Man’s Chief Minister to appear on BBC1’s Sunday Politics show

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:07:53 GMT

Chief Minister Allan Bell MHK will be a guest on this week’s Sunday Poltics show, to be screened tomorrow.