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Latest figures showing total crime on the Island has fallen over the last year have been welcomed by MP Bob Seely.

MP Bob Seely has slammed the Isle of Wight Council’s handling of school place planning in Parliament today (23 October).

MP Bob Seely is inviting primary school children across the Island to submit their designs for his Christmas card competition.

The winning design will feature on the MP’s electronic Christmas card this year.

Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely has written to the Secretary of State for Education, Gillian Keegan MP, over his concerns about Isle of Wight Councillors’ handling of school place planning.
 
He said the lack of decision-making was damaging schools across the Island.
 

The Secretary of State for Education visited the Isle of Wight last week (13 October) to learn more about what’s happening in the Island’s education system.  

A letter from Island MP Bob Seely is landing on the doorsteps of thousands of Cowes residents encouraging them to take up the offer of a free slow-drain water butt from Southern Water to help with the environment.

MP Bob Seely has objected to plans that would allow for 117 new homes to be built alongside a new Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace (SANG) in Gurnard. In his objection, he referred to the plans as an ‘unnecessary loss of agricultural land’.

MP Bob Seely has welcomed an announcement that the Government will invest £290,025 to support bus services across the Isle of Wight. 

The funding means the Island has benefitted from a total of £580,050 funding from the Government to support bus services since 2022. 

MP Bob Seely has welcomed a decision that will see a £20 million investment into Ryde via a long-term ten-year endowment-style fund.

New arrangements for burials at sea will begin on 1 October in a move to end the anguish for families and friends of missing relatives.