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Are the Greens the natural alternative party of choice?

By PRSD, on Monday, May 18, 2009 | 7 comments - ()

Looking to a smaller party to demonstrate your dissatisfaction with the political classes? Disenfranchised traditional Labour voters should bear in mind that the BNP are the most unBritish of any party – and UKIP, who have a stronghold in South Devon, have already been sullied by expenses issues. Which could mean The Greens pick

Torbay to work out £2 million free bus shortfall with the government

By PRSD, on Monday, May 18, 2009 |

The free bus passes debacle, is due to continue in Torbay tomorrow when under secretary for transport, Paul Clark comes to town to face criticism of the shortfall of government grants to provide the service.

Autism Education Trust to host free conference in Exeter

By PRSD, on Saturday, May 2, 2009 |

An Autism Education Trust conference in Exeter aims to bring together council representatives, health professionals, adults and young people with autism and their parents and carers to share experiences and learn more about the trust.

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Torbay council chief exec takes home £150,000. Too much or not enough?

By PRSD, on Thursday, April 16, 2009 | 2 comments - ()

Morale is pretty low at Torbay council at the moment because of the pay evaluation the staff are going through, according to Mayor Nick Bye. It probably didn’t improve when the £150,000 wage of chief executive Elizabeth Raikes was published.

TUC calls for changes to redundancy rules that would benefit employees

By PRSD, on Friday, April 10, 2009 |

Redundancy has been on the increase lately, and the TUC is calling for the government to amend statutory redundancy in a move which could benefit nearly 2 million employees in the South West.

Broughton residents nix Google Earth visit while Herald Express reader takes pix

By PRSD, on Friday, April 3, 2009 |

While the Herald Express was patting itself on the back for getting a snap of the Google Earth camera car, we were more interested in a story about residents in Buckinghamshire forming a human hoarding to block the camera’s view of their streets.