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Martin Wrigley

Leaders Column 28th March - The Futures Bright…

With the Easter weekend approaching and the weather giving us the odd fine day, it is starting to feel like spring is finally here. Having been heralded by the daffodils the full bloom of spring is full of promise and renewal.

28 Mar 2024
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Martin Wrigley

Leader’s Column 14th March – National Budget

I’m not entirely sure what I was expecting from the Westminster government’s budget, but even so, I am disappointed. Very little in what they announced will help the country, help people with the cost-of-living crisis, help the NHS or the environment...

14 Mar 2024
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Martin Wrigley

Leader’s column 29th Feb

This week has been Budget week at Teignbridge. We have been facing questions on how we keep the council services running in the face of not having enough funds to do so. If central government does as it has suggested, Teignbridge will lose over £3M more

29 Feb 2024
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Reshuffle, Reset, but just more of the same…

A reshuffle of Government bringing back David Cameron could either be that no-one in the existing set of Conservative MPs was considered good enough to be fulfil this great office of state, or that the failed former Prime Minister is the best they have...

MW
23 Nov 2023
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Party Conference Season

Party Conference season is a strange time of year. This year more than ever with a general election due next year. The Lib Dem conference had a focus on investing in our health service. Access to a GP and early intervention is vital...

MW
10 Oct 2023
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TDC Leader’s column – Sept 11 2023

At Tuesday’s meeting of the Teignbridge Executive we were faced with some of the financial issues facing councils across the country. Teignbridge District Council has had around £5M per year removed from its budget by Central Government...

12 Sep 2023
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Homelessness in Devon Today

To lose your home is a devastating thing to happen to anyone. To lose it because interest rates have gone up again, and your landlord needs to sell up is a failure of government, a failure of a financial system and a blot on our society.

18 Jun 2023
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