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    MHKs oppose 'stealth tax' sewerage rate

    Increasing sewerage rates on the Isle of Man will put more pressure on the already 'squeezed middle'.

    That's according to MHKs who voted against the Manx Utilities Authority plans to hike the rate by six pence to 98 pence in the pound.
     
    Castletown MHK Jason Moorhouse and Onchan representative Rob Callister were among the eight MHKs who tried to stop the rise: 
     
     
    Also opposing the increase - albeit it unsuccessfully - was Daphne Caine for Garff and Douglas East MHK Chris Robertshaw: 
     

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