This week’s Manx Independent is the Budget special.

It includes three pages inside outlining how the change in government finances announced by Treasury Minsiter Alfred Cannan will affect you.

Plus, in the business pagesm an accountant from KPMG gives his verdict.

Also this week:

We reveal the good causes supported by Raymond Caley, the famous shopkeeper from Sulby, in his will

Michael Dunlop signs for Suzuki

Tony Wild MLC quits a year after his drink-drive shame

Two bungling burglars who stole beer from a Ramsey pub and then crashed a van in Willaston appear in court

The Tynwald debate about public sector penstion reform

A knife man from Douglas who hid in his ex’s wardrobe is sentenced

A teenager and her mother and grandmother - all from the north of the island - are planning to skydive for a cause close to their hearts

Years on from its closure, what will happen to the site of the old Victoria Road prison?

A Ramsey man whom police had to hold down using leg restraints and handcuffs is sentenced

This week’s nostalgia photos are from Andreas

Coverage of the Vegan Festival held in Laxey

A teenager who smashed a television set because he was ’bored’ has appeared in court

An appeal is launched to save the organ in St German’s Cathedral

The Marown Youth and Community Players’ pantomime

Adam Wakeman, Rick Wakeman’s son who grew up in Peel, is to perform in the town next month

One man, who has a lot of frocks and wigs, is promising a 21-woman show at the Gaiety. We have all the details

Playwright Lisa Creighton completes our Island Profile question and we have a feature about the One Act Plays at the Erin Arts Centre

Plus 12 pages of sport, your letters, a seven-day television guide and the Isle of Man’s What’s On guide.

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