Devon County Council has secured additional funding to help households weather the rising costs of living, to help pay for food, energy and other essential items.
This is the fourth tranche of the government's Household Support Fund that the County Council has been able to secure.
The latest bid amounts to a little over £10 million, to cover the period from April 2023 until...
Multi-million schemes to improve transport links in Exmouth and Okehampton are among more than 100 projects receiving a share of £2.1 billion through the government’s latest round of Levelling Up funding.
Devon County Council has been awarded the full amount of its £15.7 million bid to complete the Dinan Way link in Exmouth, while West Devon Borough Council has successfully received...
As councillors in Mid Devon prepare to decide whether to grant planning permission for a huge solar farm at Langford, the local branch of the countryside charity CPRE has revealed that local authorities are being forced to accept solar panels made using forced labour in China. Several Devon councils have admitted to the charity that despite statements on their websites about human rights and...
The Conservatives have kept control of Devon County Council for an historic fourth term and have pledged to do everything they can to drive the county's economic recovery.
The party won 39 of the 60 seats that were up for election on Thursday. The Liberal Democrats took nine, Labour seven, Independents three and Greens two.
Hundreds of council workers in Devon are operating as another emergency service during the coronavirus crisis according to county council leader John Hart, who has praised their dedication.
"I couldn't be more proud of the way staff have responded to the crisis in so many different ways over the past few weeks," he said.
"Team Devon is on the front line of the battle against...
The average council in the South West will need to pay a staggering £19.4 million a year to the government to fund their flagship Right to Buy extension, new research by Shelter reveals today.
The policy, now being put through parliament as part of the government’s Housing and Planning Bill, would force local authorities to sell off a proportion of their council houses on the open...
Council chiefs and business leaders say they want a ‘devolution revolution’ to boost prosperity in Devon and Somerset.
They have agreed to submit a prospectus to Government that would result in higher productivity and better-paid jobs, improved road, rail and broadband links and more homes for the region’s growing population.
There would be radical reforms to integrate health...
Councils across the country are to receive a £5m cash boost to tackle rogue landlords in their area, Housing Minister Brandon Lewis announced today.
Forty eight councils will share the funding so they can take on the irresponsible landlords that force tenants to live in squalid and dangerous properties, making their lives a misery.
Council leaders across Devon and Somerset are calling for more devolved powers from Westminster.
The two county councils, Plymouth City Council, Torbay Council and the 13 district councils have all submitted a Statement of Intent to the Government.
They have been joined by Dartmoor and Exmoor National Parks and the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership which...
