The coalition government’s budget allocation for the Island has been reduced by a further £28m over the next three years.

This is on top of more than £30m cuts imposed on the Isle of Wight by the Tory-led government supported by the Lib Dems since 2010.

The total cuts package being forced on the Council will amount to a further £6m in 2014/15 alone – with £14m on top next year and additional £8m in 2016/17.

All this will have a massive impact on services and jobs and will be a disaster for the Isle of Wight Community.

Public meeting A public meeting hosted by UNISON will be held at the Riverside Centre, Newport at 7pm on Wednesday 5 February.

A big turnout is essential.

Please show your support for Island Public Services and attend this meeting. Speak up for Public Services and stop the cuts!

Council budget meeting On 26 February the full Council will be considering a cuts package including:

Closing Medina Theatre
Shutting The Heights and Medina Leisure Centres
Ceasing to employ Road Crossing Patrols
Re-organising Youth services
Reducing maintenance of parks and gardens
Cutting back on key environmental monitoring work

These are only examples. Many other areas of service will be badly hit with more than 360 jobs to go over the next three years.