Moving an 18th century schooner back to the Nautical Museum in Castletown is expected to cost more than £5 million. What else could the Government do with £5 million?

From time to time, societies work together on great endeavours: to defeat Nazism, to put a man on the moon, or to redevelop Douglas Promenade. On the occasion of the D-Day landings as part of Operation Overlord, General Dwight Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe, wrote to the soldiers, “Good luck! […]

The unfolding economic crash of Aurigny means that an airline owned by the Isle of Man Government is now a discredited idea. According to a report by Manx Radio, “there are fears the [Aurigny] losses could escalate to around £70 million by the end of this year.” Aurigny is the airline wholly owned by the […]

A new analysis by the Manx TaxPayers’ Alliance has found that over 9.5 million items of PPE were purchased, with just 3.5 million used and leaving almost 6 million items used. This means that just 37% of the PPE equipment purchased has been used, and 63% has been unused.

Last week, the Isle of Man Government announced yet again that there would be a further blowout to the cost of the Liverpool Landing Stage. The cost to Manx taxpayers has now ballooned out to over £43 million. This is the full story.

In Mid-March, the Manx TaxPayers’ Alliance submitted a request to the Isle of Man Treasury under the Freedom of Information Act seeking a copy of the Steam Packet report commissioned by the Treasury relating to Coronavirus.

“This is a victory for Douglas residents, a victory for Douglas workers, and a victory for common sense,”

The IOM Department of Infrastructure and Douglas Council are trying to reduce the amount of parking available in central Douglas.

“This is a great deal for Manx taxpayers, because it has not cost taxpayers a penny. This offers more local jobs, more local air connections, all at no cost to taxpayers! Great!”