Regional Cabinet Is A Big Success!
Cabinet colleagues visiting Exeter and other places in the South West for yesterday's Cabinet meeting were universally impressed. David Miliband, the Foreign...
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The Big Decision Nears
It seems just possible that as people take a long hard look at the Conservatives and begin to give the Government some credit for its handling...
Read this entry » The Northcott – In The News Again
Exeter’s Northcott Theatre is in the headlines again. It would seem the Trustees came across some past accounting problem that led them...
Read this entry » Devon County Council: Wasting Money
Devon County Council’s decision to try to stop Exeter getting control of its own affairs is a staggering waste of local people’s...
Read this entry » That Gordon Brown Interview
Gordon Brown is damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t. If he doesn’t reveal the genuine warmth and humanity of his personality...
Read this entry » Tories: Cavalier With The Truth, Again
Conservative claims that 54 percent of girls in poor areas are pregnant before they’re 18 shows once again how cavalier the Tories are...
Read this entry » Devon County Council – Myth Watch!
The David and Goliath struggle between plucky Exeter and over-mighty Devon is entering, we hope, its end game. Since the Government announced...
Read this entry » Exeter Unitary Success!
The decision to grant Exeter unitary status is wonderful news. It restores the self- rule that our city enjoyed for hundreds of years until 1974....
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Tory Confusion Goes On And On
The more Tory policies are exposed and scrutinised, the quicker they unravel. Their major muddle now over the economy comes after climate change last week and...
Read this entry »JobCentres Celebrate 100th Anniversary
Britain's Job Centres have plenty to celebrate on their 100th birthday today. As the Financial Times (no other) reported on Saturday, Job Centre Plus has...
Read this entry »Exeter’s Public Loos – LibDems All Over The Place Again.
The old adage “all politics is local” is coming back to haunt the Liberal Democrat leadership of Exeter City Council. Their plan to close the city’s...
Read this entry »Tories Fiddle Crime Figures To Suit Their Story
Three cheers for Mark Easton, the BBC’s Home Affairs Editor, for filleting the Tories’ claims about crime. Mark is a rarity among journalists today in...
Read this entry »Great News On University Access
The huge increase in young people from less well off backgrounds going to university shows Labour’s drive to extend opportunity is working. There’s...
Read this entry »Beware Playing Politics with Tragedy
The public will make their own judgement about politicians who play politics with a tragedy like the Edlington case. The Edlington case is dreadful and there was...
Read this entry »More Investment in Exeter
The new construction skills academy at Exeter University will create 70 new apprenticeships and is a big boost to the city. It comes as figures showed a record...
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