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Making Cabinet Office a department 'goes against grain'

Fri, 18 Dec 2015

Questions are being asked about why politicians are continually asked to support new reforms which yield little return.

This week Tynwald voted in favour of making the Cabinet Office a separate government department - something which concerned Michael MHK Alf Cannan.

He believes the Chief Minister should lead the office - which will take control of planning policy - saying he needs to have a more "active" role and describing his "stand-off attitude" as unhelpful: 

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• Alf Cannan MHK