Devon and Cornwall’s Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg has warmly welcomed the Chancellor’s announcement not to make any further budget cuts to policing.
“Two weeks ago we were celebrating changing the Government position through our work in Devon and Cornwall on the funding formula.”
“Today we see the product of a longer campaign to persuade Government not to proceed...
The Chancellor George Osborne used his Spending Review and Autumn Statement today to set out how he will deliver economic security, national security and opportunity for families across the South West.
The region will benefit from major protections to health, education and defence budgets, while the Chancellor also announced wide-ranging new local investments to support transport and...
Ahead of the Chancellor’s Spending Review and Autumn Statement announcement on Wednesday 25 November, Plymouth & Devon Chamber of Commerce, as part of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) network, is urging the government to fix the deep-rooted structural issues facing the UK economy.
While the UK economy continues to grow at a good pace, the slightly weaker numbers recorded in...
The Government has launched its consultation for a new theatre tax relief which will support theatres across the UK, as well as touring productions.
Announced at Budget 2014, the tax relief will offer a relief rate of 25 per cent for qualifying touring productions and 20 percent for other qualifying productions.
Discussing the UK’s theatre industry, Chancellor of the Exchequer...
A Life Peer with a distinguished background in investment, innovation, and the voluntary sector has been installed as Plymouth University’s inaugural Chancellor.
The Lord Jonathan Kestenbaum, Chief Operating Officer of RIT Capital Partners plc, one of Britain’s most respected companies, formally accepted the role at a special ceremony in the Roland Levinsky Building last night....
Alison Seabeck, MP for Plymouth Moor View, has, on the back of yesterday’s Autumn Statement, written to the Housing Minister, Kris Hopkins seeking clarification of the announcement that local authorities will be able to unlock loans to enable housing building.
Plymouth has a very well planned scheme for housing and the Labour Council put forward a ’Yes to Homes’ proposal which did...
The government has unveiled a new Help to Work scheme aimed at encouraging the long-term unemployed back to work, under tougher rules for benefit payments.
The Chancellor George Osborne, told the Conservative Party conference in Manchester that welfare must be "fair for those who need it and fair for those who pay for it"
The scheme will mean people in long-term unemployment...
The life peer, Lord Kestenbaum, has been announced as the first-ever Chancellor of Plymouth University.
Jonathan Kestenbaum has been an increasingly strong advocate of Plymouth University over the past few years. Following his award of an Honorary Doctorate of Technology in 2010, he has supported the Care Leavers programme, cultural projects and hosted events for the University....
