Part of the 6?% Douglas rates rise is to go towards funding a pensions black hole.
Council Leader David Christian (pictured) says it's part of a 17 year plan to finance a pension scheme deficit for local authority workers:
(Picture of Douglas Town Hall courtesy of manxscenes.com)
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