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Chance encounter reminds Lib Dem to honour our forces

Stuart Bonar, Lib Dem Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Plymouth Moor View, had a chance encounter on train which made him decide to re-double his efforts to support the armed forces

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Lib Dems plan to bring Plymouth's 5,500 empty properties back into use

Devon Lib Dems plans to bring 5,500 empty homes in Playmouth back into use

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Volunteer drivers in Teignbridge need better support

Teignmouth charity Volunteering in Health offers support for all patients in the Teignmouth, Bishopsteignton, Shaldon and Chudleigh area, but volunteer drivers only get 40p a mile – a figure that has not been revised by the Inland Revenue for seven years

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How does your council do? Handy heat-map defines performance

The eGovToolkit has created a handy heat-map of council performance based on responses to a questionnaire on council services

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What's been going on in the Euro Parliament? South West MEP Graham Watson has a run down, plus there's the EU's 2020 vision!

South West MEP Graham Watson – one of Devon’s MEPs – on the week’s events at the European Parliament, covering the transfer of EU citizens’ bank details to the US, and Europe’s new 2020 vision (now that it’s ‘the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world’)

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Teignbridge MP Richard Younger-Ross prefers paywall to Google Juice!

Rumour has it that Teignbridge MP Richard Younger Ross is shadow minister for culture, media and sport. Shame on the Lib Dems if this is true, ’cause old Four-Mirrors Ross (as we’re increasingly likely to call him) seems incredibly out of touch with culture and media, and has insisted on showing a preference to

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South West Devon MP urges government intervention in Ivybridge incinerator issue

South West Devon MP Gary Streeter has asked the Local Government Minister to intervene in the plans to build an incinerator at Lee Mill Ivybridge

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