The latest inflation figures released by the Isle of Man Government show the annual rate of inflation as measured by CPI for the twelve months to December 2021 has increased to be extremely high at 6%.

In 2020/2021 (the most recent completed academic year) the number of staff actually employed by the DESC in the teacher / lecturer category remained precisely steady at 990. However, the number of other staff employed by the DESC had increased by almost 400 extra staff over the last five yars to 1,465 staff – a remarkable increase of 36% extra staff in the non-teacher/lecturer categories.

Isle of Man schools are continuing to be unable to provide in-person schooling for all students this week. According to EnergyFM, Year 9 and Year 12 students at Ballakermeen High School are being asked to not attend classes in-person for at least part of this week. EnergyFM reported Ballakermeen Headteacher Adrienne Burnett saying, “We have […]

“To defend a country, you need an army. But to defend a civilisation, you need schools.”

The number of Isle of Man hospital admissions where the primary diagnosis includes all malignant cancers and all carcinoma in situ (considered stage 0) surged in 2021 to a total of at least 1,717, according to new data released under Freedom of Information Act protections last week.

Taxpayers have paid £130,000 to replace the Manx Electric Railway sign overlooking Douglas Bay.

The actual number of personnel at both the Cabinet Office and the Department of Environment, Food & Agriculture surged by 30% over the last five years, according to data released by the Isle of Man Government. Over the same time period, the actual number of people employed by the Department of Infrastructure dropped by 15%.

The Isle of Man’s unemployment rate was 1.7% in November 2021, a fall of 0.1%, from 1.8% in October 2021.

The Isle of Man Department for Enterprise spent £7,000 (excluding VAT) of taxpayer money in a failed advertising campaign with TimeOut.com to promote tourism to the Isle of Man.