Labour party calls for action after Meals on Wheels firm announces possible closure

The Manx Labour Party is calling for government to appoint an old person's champion after the closure of a Meals on Wheels supplier.

Last week, Jack Frost said it will shut in the next fortnight unless trading conditions improve - it's one company that stepped in after the Department of Health and Social Care slashed £150,000 a year in funding for the Meals on Wheels service.

Party chairman David Cretney MLC has a Tynwald resolution during this month's sitting asking for a representative for old people.

He says the issue will also be discussed at the next in a series of anti-austerity meetings being held in Peel's Centenary Centre at 7.30pm on Thursday, February 22.