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Express and Echo
|May 08, 2025
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Firstly, a thank you - to those people who voted Liberal Democrat at the local elections last Thursday. It served to elect some brilliant new councillors, including five new Lib Dems here in the part of Mid and East Devon that I represent.
I am really looking forward to working with them, as they take their place on Devon County Council. They will complement two strong independent councillors who have served on the council before, and who have been re-elected.
County councils have serious responsibilities. The budget at Devon County Council is almost £2 billion. The people we send to make decisions on how our money is spent need to be experienced, serious and trust-worthy. The latest crop elected here in the Honiton and Sidmouth area are all those things.
This story is from the May 08, 2025 edition of Express and Echo.
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