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Speaker, we know how well, mr speaker, we know how vital bus services are for communities right across the country. That is why we are providing devon with £17 million to deliver better bus services. And we introduced the £2 fair bus cap. But i know my honourable friend, the secretary of state for transport, was recently visiting my honourable friend, seeing the benefits of reopening barnstaple bus station. And its clear that the local liberal democrats should just get on and do it. We now com...

Pleas to slash the number of Devon County Council’s managers and ‘spin doctors’ and spend more on filling potholes and libraries have been…

Opposition calls to cut spin doctors and managers are defeated at annual budget meeting

BOURNEMOUTH MP Sir Conor Burns has called for the education secretary to step in and help stop BCP Council from slashing education funding.

BCP Council’s children’s services SEND service is the 5th lowest performing in the country, according to a damning report published this week.

Rising costs worsened by short-termism and under-investment have left the SEND system incapable of meeting demand, writes Alex Dale