The Conservative group on Plymouth City Council has elected a new leader.
Cllr Ian Bowyer was elected to succeed Cllr Ted Fry as leader in a meeting of group members on Monday, ahead of one other candidate, Cllr Glenn Jordan.
Cllr Fry lost a vote of no confidence in his leadership earlier this month. Cllr Patrick Nicholson has been acting leader but made it clear he was not...
Plymouth City Council is launching a set of large scale spending reforms to tackle a projected £65million shortfall in funding.
The funding reforms are in response to a £9.5million cut to the council’s budget despite an increased demand on key services such as social care for older people.
The council has warned that the reforms would have to be supplemented with cuts to...
