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Devon County Council has announced its new Chairman for the next year.

Outgoing Chairman Councillor Jerry Brook handed over to the Council's new Chairman, Councillor Bernard Hughes OBE at the Full Council meeting.

Councillor Hughes OBE, local member for Exmouth Halsdon and Woodbury for the past 16 years, has served on many of the Council's Committees, and has a long term...

The Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Ed Balls MP has outlined some plans and priorities for an incoming Labour government and stressed he would bring an "iron discipline" if Labour are elected to power at the next general election.

In a speech to an audience at the media giant, Thomson Reuters in London, Mr Balls said that Labour would cut winter fuel payments for the richer members...

The Woodland Trust is concerned almost 84,000 ancient, veteran or notable trees are in danger from a multitude of pests and diseases, including 7,000 treasured ash trees which could be at risk from ash dieback. More than 115,000 trees, some of which have survived for more than 1,000 years, are registered on the charity’s Ancient Tree Hunt website and the majority of these could face direct...

Britain faces a hidden scandal where thousands of people cannot feed themselves or their families, according to a hard hitting report from Church Action Poverty and Oxfam.

The two charities, with the backing of the Trussell Trust, are calling for an urgent Parliamentary Inquiry into the relationship between benefit delay, error or sanctions, welfare reform changes and the growth of...