Devon democracy denied as elections postponed
In the County Council, an unholy alliance of the discredited Conservative Party and Labour has just recommended cancelling May’s county council elections, because the Labour government wants to abolish the council together with the district councils and impose a system of unitary authorities on Devon.
We the voters have not been consulted about the idea, there are no definite plans, and now the whole business will be left in the hands of local politicians who are literally past their sell-by date. It is good to see that Richard Foord and other Lib Dem MPs are opposing this stitch-up.
We must assume that Seaton’s present invisible Conservative county councillor, Marcus Hartnell, who has already decided not to stand for re-election, has gone along with this.
Seaton & Colyton MATTERS 
January 10, 2025 at 10:12 am
Is there any more information on what space and services would be possible at the Marshlands site?
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January 10, 2025 at 12:59 pm
This is a query about the Library post – I can’t move it to the right place unfortunately. The short answer is I don’t know.
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January 10, 2025 at 10:31 am
Is this Unitary proposal the same as the Combined County Authority proposal, which was consulted on some months ago? Does anyone know how they will interact?
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January 10, 2025 at 12:57 pm
No. It will replace the existing councils by new councils which combine county and district functions. There isn’t an actual plan yet which is why it’s jumping the gun to cancel the elections.
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