MLC blasts Vision Nine deal

Michael Coleman decries 'waste of taxpayers money'

Changes to the way government does business with private firms are to be brought in, in the wake of the Vision Nine TT promotion scandal.

Tynwald has approved a set of recommendations triggered by the would-be deal, which collapsed in 2016.

It follows a damning report by the Economic Policy Review Committee, which laid the blame on ministers - chiefly the Enterprise head Laurence Skelly, and his former Chief Executive Chris Corlett.

The recommendations mean government departments must work more closely with the Attorney General on legal matters, but the same departments remain responsible for developing motorsport in the Island.

A 'detailed economic assessment' of the TT and Festival of Motorcycling will also be presented to Tynwald later this year.

Chairman of the Economic Policy Review Committee, Michael Coleman, said the onus should not be forgotten: