Proposed Exeter parliamentary constituency changes pit Priory against Pinhoe
City council responds to boundary commission consultation by proposing Conservative East Devon takes marginal Pinhoe and city keeps Priory Labour stronghold instead.
Exeter climate campaigners protest at £157 million Devon Pension Fund fossil fuel investment
Fridays for Future Exeter led a march through the city to County Hall where demonstrators called on Devon County Council to divest the local public sector pension scheme it manages from fossil fuels.
30 year plan for SW transport outlined in consultation document
Strategic vision places investment in roads ahead of decarbonisation despite acknowledging the region’s high car dependency rate.
Exeter workers to be among hardest hit by £20 cut in universal credit
Analysis shows proportion of benefit claimants in Exeter in work is among highest in country.
South West Water misses pollution targets for tenth year running
Environment Agency says regional company’s performance “drags down the whole sector’s reputation” as report places it at bottom of annual assessment league table while company pays out millions in shareholder dividends.
Harlequins developer plans to scrap hotel to build second “co-living” block on shopping centre site
Existing planning approval will be factor in decision to return to earlier, rejected, vision which would mean 378 studios and ‘cluster flat’ rooms along Paul Street.
