£8.1 million of taxpayers' money could be spent on buying a brand new care home in Douglas.
The Department of Health and Social Care will ask Tynwald to approve the plan for the building on Sailsbury Street next week:
The home, which is being built and sold by a private company, will have 68 beds - the department says it will address the lack of affordable nursing home places on the Island.
Minister Howard Quayle says he thinks it makes good business sense:
Swedish ex-footballer says he'll fight Island's most famous boxer!
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Tributes paid to million-selling Island crime novelist
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Fire service issues advice after crews respond to controlled burn
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Road racing gets underway in the south tomorrow!
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Charity to auction replicas of legendary TT bikes
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Prom to close for TT funfair on Monday
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FOI asks if new residents from the UK are immigrants
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