The Liberal Vannin Party is to hold a public meeting about the Island Plan.

The plan, released last week, consists of topics that the government aims to tackle.

They are: Building great communities; an island of health and wellbeing; a strong and diverse economy;

an environment we can be proud of; and outstanding lifelong learning and development opportunities for all.

The plan doesn’t say how those matters might be tackled.

This meeting is open to all and will ’inform’ Liberal Vannin’s response to the draft plan.

Paul Weatherall, Liberal Vannin chair, said: ’Liberal Vannin welcomes the opportunity to contribute positively to this Island Plan.

’Among the improvements that we’d like to see included in the final version are: a youth strategy; a re-focused Animal Welfare Bill; more

emphasis placed on government being open and transparent in the way it conducts its business; and improving productivity and value for money across departments and agencies.

’We also note that there’s no mention of government working in partnership with local authorities in meeting these island-wide objectives.

’The programme for government must set out more focused objectives and clear targets across all areas of government (especially in relation to housing and climate change), so we can measure government performance over the next five years.’

The meeting will take place on Monday, November 22, at the Manx Legion Club, Douglas.