A political commentator on the Isle of Man says the past 48 hours have exposed what he describes as “a weakness in our political system”.

On Monday, Chief Minister Alfred Cannan reshuffled his Cabinet, removing Alex Allinson and Michelle Haywood from their roles as Treasury and Infrastructure ministers.

Castletown Commissioners has chosen to decrease its local authority rate for the next financial year.

It will be set at 395 pence in the pound which the local authority says will provide 'much needed' support to residents without 'any detriment' to its operations.

The refuse rate will also be reduced to £220 per household which it believes will still allow for investment into the towns public services.

Vice Chair John Cringle says the local authority had to start the budget 'from scratch' as previous years' accounts were unavailable.

Local Democracy Reporter Emma Draper has been speaking to him, but first we'll hear from Chair Tony Brown.

The former infrastructure minister has accused the chief minister of shaping policy in response to social media pressure.

It comes a day after Alfred Cannan reshuffled his Cabinet, removing Alex Allinson as Treasury Minister and Dr Michelle Haywood from her role as Infrastructure Minister.

For the first time since her sacking, Dr Michelle Haywood has spoken out exclusively to Manx Radio.

Yesterday, Alfred Cannan conducted a reshuffle of his council of ministers, which resulted in two ministers stepping down.

Tim Glover criticised the language used as concerning saying they did not step down but were fired.

A former Chief Minister says government should be putting 'services first' and costs second.

Tony Brown, who's now Chair of Castletown Commissioners, believes the two new ministers, Treasury and Infrastructure, will have to 'work quickly' to make new changes - including to next month's budget.

The new infrastructure minister said he will be 'resetting' the departments relationship with local authorities which Mr Brown says had become 'strained'.

He adds that residents have 'suffered enough' with increased costs of living and hopes the changes will benefit the Island.

Local Democracy Reporter Emma Draper has been speaking to Mr Brown.

The chief minister says today's cabinet reshuffle (19 January) came as a result of trying to regain public confidence.

Alfred Cannan says ongoing issues like the 20mph rollout, the Local Government (Amendment) Bill and controversial minimum wage changes evidence 'ongoing clashes' between government and society.

He sat down with our Political Correspondent Phil Gawne this afternoon.

Following the warning from police earlier this month that some young people on the Isle of Man were 'misusing AI', parents of the Delay Smartphone IOM group give their reaction.

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