A former chief minister says government should be putting ‘services first’ and costs second following a reshuffle in the Council of Ministers.
Tony Brown, who’s now Chair of Castletown Commissioners, believes the two new ministers in Treasury and the Department of 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 department’s 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: