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Poverty Committee re-established by Tynwald

Re-establishing the Poverty Committee on the Isle of Man will help continue to shine a light into a 'policy vacuum'.

That's the view of the Rushen MHK who was responsible for asking Tynwald to approve the appointment of the select committee within the new administration.

Juan Watterson will be joined by MLC Tanya August-Hanson and MHKs Rob Callister, Joney Faragher and Sarah Maltby.

Addressing the court he said he was keen to build on the work done by the previous group:

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