It has been the biggest week of the year in Manx politics.

Treasury Minister Alfred Cannan delivered his Budget.

He said how money would be raised and how it would be spent.

So will you pay more tax or less?

This week’s Manx Independent devotes five pages to the topic.

Also this week:

Guitarist Colin Hinds is remembered.

A group of council tenants in Willaston have banded together to flag issues with refurbishment works.

The Coroner of Inquests has made some recommendations after the death of a patient in the Manannan Court mental health facility.

Residents of Laxey have spoken out against a proposed sewage plant in the village.

Unemployment has risen again.

Two government departments are at loggerheads over the plan to build a new footbridge near the TT Grandstand. The issue is trees.

A row over the price of gas in the island is not over. There has been another protest.

A teaching union has praised the support that members have received from parents in the island as they prepare for next week’s industrial dispute action.

Art collections created by young people who have experienced the care system will be brought together for a final exhibition next week.

An author who was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease and cancer is giving a talk in aid of a Manx charity.

A father and son team have crossed the finish line of their off-roading trek, which took them through the Sahara.

A man has admitted assaulting a staff member at the Co-op in Douglas town centre and carrying a kitchen knife.

Castletown’s Lloyds Bank is up for sale.

Can you think of ways to cut the cost of civil legal aid?

The lambing season is just starting to kick off and this week our Food and Farming pages take a look at the subject of meg lambs, the term Manx farmers give to lambs who need formula feeding.

Our Island Life section includes information about entertainment and leisure in the island.

It includes a review of the performance of the Sound of Music at the Gaiety Theatre.

The appointment of Chris Bass Senior as the manager of FC Isle of Man is the main story on the back page.

The Manx Independent also has your letters, the Isle of Man’s What’s On guide, a page of puzzles, a page of pictures from the past, readers’ photos, a seven-day television guide and lots of community news.

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