Bit late but an interesting read. What did you think about the scheme?

In the upcoming local elections, I will be standing as a candidate for the Trade Union and Socialist Coalition (TUSC).

TUSC stands firmly against the austerity measures imposed by the Tories and now labour, enabled by Labour and Green councillors. These measures have led to the removal of public bins, the closure of public toilets, and the loss of vital youth clubs. Austerity doesn’t save money—it shifts the burden onto ordinary people while neglecting the real issues.

In Britain, the richest 10% pay less tax than the poorest 10%. Homelessness is rampant, with no adequate programmes to help people off the streets and into work. Mothers are waiting years for social housing. This is the reality of a system that prioritises profit over people.

For every pound austerity claims to save, it costs taxpayers three. Closing youth centres might seem like a cost-cutting measure, but it leads to higher crime rates and poorer educational outcomes. These "savings" only create deeper social proble

Plans for a new city centre car park in Exeter have been criticised.

Proposals to turn the former bus station site into a car park are part of a public consultation which also involves increasing car park prices across the city.

The Green Party said the plans for a new car park were "ridiculous" and did not "make any financial sense".

The Labour leader of the council said he wants to increase the options available for the use of the site.

The council is considering creating a new Paris Street car park, external on part of the old bus station site which was demolished earlier this year.

Previous plans for offices and a multi-purpose performance venue on the site were scrapped in 2023.

Diana Moore, Exeter Green Party leader, said: "A new car park, right next to St Sidwell’s Point, a place which is meant to be a showcase for sustainability and health, and close to a dangerous roundabout and the new bus station, beggars belief."

Ms Moore said the plan showed a "breathtaking lack of

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Hello comrades, Torquay will see a Stop The Boats protest tomorrow evening 7th of August. for those living there stay safe as right wingers will be bussed up and down from all over Britain.

We: a coalition of trade unions and socialists as well as activists and other such leftist groups will counter protest Stop The Boats but we are only strong in numbers. I am asking if you disagree with these extremists and wish to struggle along side us please come and join.

And with sufficient numbers are voice will be heard.

for further information reach out through signal: squid_slime.37

The ballots cast for each candidate with vote share in each constituency plus turnout and the distribution of seats, as they are declared.

The numeric and geographical distribution of Devon’s thirteen parliamentary seats following the 2024 general elections, with all the seats declared, is:

Labour (LAB) 3

Liberal Democrat (LIBDEM) 6

Conservative (CON) 4

Exeter City Council is to sink an additional £1.25 million into Exeter Science Park after it emerged that the joint venture is unable to repay a total of £7 million in debts owed to or guaranteed by its shareholders, which also include Devon County Council, East Devon District Council and the University of Exeter.

Exeter Science Park is the third city council company to run into trouble after the dissolution of Exeter City Futures, which received more than £1.5 million of public funding, and losses of £4.5 million incurred by Exeter City Living that the council has yet to recoup.

The council’s external auditor recently criticised the council’s approach to governance and financial management of all three companies, identifying a range of issues including lack of performance monitoring, lack of objectives against which performance could be monitored and lack of oversight by councillors.

A useful guide for anyone not familiar with voting.

Please vote, even if you feel it's pointless. Democracies fail when people refuse to participate.

Students who have camped out for four weeks in protest against the war in Gaza have reached a "stalemate" with their university.

Between 30 and 40 students have been taking part in the encampment at the University of Exeter campus since 14 May.

The university sent an email to all students on 5 June saying it wanted to close the encampment - claiming protesters had "intimidated" open day visitors.

The protesters have denied any claims of intimidation and said the camp would remain in place.

The group has set out four main demands for the university - to cut any ties with Israeli companies, boycott Israeli universities, set up partnerships with Palestinian universities and safeguard freedom of speech for pro-Palestine supporters.

The university said in its email, which was seen by the BBC, there were no formal partnerships with Israeli u

i am working to form a political branch in Exeter of The Socialist Party Formally Militant.

as the name suggests we are a socialist party with branches across the uk fighting for rent caps, the end of defunding our councils and publicly owned industries as well as nationalizing gas and water and electricity.

if this sounds compelling then please reach out.

A controversial traffic reduction scheme could be scrapped. according to a council report which was later withdrawn.

The low traffic neighbourhood (LTN) scheme in Exeter closes off some through roads to car drivers.

A report from Devon County Council recommended the suspension of the scheme at a meeting on Monday.

But the report was swiftly removed from the website and the meeting postponed until June.

Devon County Council said the report was "incomplete" and it needed more time to gather all of the information from a public consultation into the scheme.

TL;DR: Original developer got planning permission in 2013 but never started construction and died during the pandemic. Another developer picked up the planning permission and made some major changes that the council refused permission for. Developer claims a coffee shop on the street "orchestrated" 130+ compaints to get it denied.