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Douglas, the capital city in the Isle of Man, home to the seat of government, is where most Government offices and the parliament chambers are located. The Civil Service has more than 2,000 employees and the total number of public sector employees including civil servants, teachers, nurses, police, etc. was 7,413 full-time equivalent on 31 ...
Isle of Man local authorities and sheadings. Local government (Manx: gurneilys ynnydagh) in the Isle of Man was formerly based on six sheadings, which were divided into seventeen parishes (today referred to as "ancient parishes"). The Island is today divided for local government purposes into town districts, village districts, parish districts ...
In the Isle of Man, the Department of Local Government and the Environment (Manx: Rheynn Reiltys Ynnydagh as y Çhymmyltaght) or DLGE/DoLGE was responsible for the environment, social housing policy, local authorities, building control, health and safety, town planning, listed buildings and historic sites, waste disposal, conservation areas, management of the government estate, and provision ...
It is the second highest court in the Isle of Man with final appeal going to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council acting as 'The Queen in Council'. The judges of the Staff of Government Division are the First Deemster and Clerk of the Rolls , the Second Deemster , the Judge of Appeal and any other English Queen's Counsel who are ...
The Department of Health and Social Care (Manx: Rheynn Slaynt as Kiarail y Theay) is the largest (by number of personnel and budget) of the seven departments of the Isle of Man Government. It was created on 1 April 2014 as a result of a merger of health and social care services from the former Department of Health and Department of Social Care.
The following state officials [citation needed] (not in order of precedence) are some of the most important in the Isle of Man. They take place in the annual Tynwald Day procession and have precedence or importance at other occasions. Lord of Mann; Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man (representative of the Lord of Mann) Yn Lhaihder (The Reader)
The Isle of Man Green Party, which was founded in 2016, holds two local government seats and promotes Green politics. The island also formerly had a Manx National Party . There are Manx members in the Celtic League , a political pressure group that advocates greater co-operation between and political autonomy for the Celtic nations.
The Isle of Man Government Lottery operated from 1986 to 1997. Since 2 December 1999 the island has participated in the United Kingdom National Lottery. [116] [117] The island is the only jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom where it is possible to play the UK National Lottery. [118]