Unbelievable: South West Water increases dividends by 11% as CEO set herself up as climate change champion
From East Devon Watch: For once Owl is lost for words. Susan Davy, Chief Executive Pennon Group, is quoted as justifying the payout because: “we have delivered improvements in environmental performance, building on our sector leading 100pc water quality for our 860 miles of coastline and on track to reduce our use of storm overflows by 50pc by 2025.”…
— Read on eastdevonwatch.org/2023/06/02/unbelievable-south-west-water-increases-dividends-by-11-as-ceo-set-herself-up-as-climate-change-champion/
Richard Foord MP’s latest constituency newsletter
Reporting back – 1st June 2023
— Read on mailchi.mp/6f4471a8de2e/reporting-back-april-6236839
NHS crisis hurting RD&E: services ‘require improvement’
Via East Devon Watch:
Medical care and surgical services at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital (RD&E) and North Devon District Hospital (NDDH) have been rated as ‘requires improvement’ following an unannounced inspection instigated by 16 ‘never events’ being reported at the sites between March 2021 and November 2022. Anita Merritt http://www.devonlive.com Never events are serious, largely preventable patient…
— Read on eastdevonwatch.org/2023/05/26/major-devon-hospitals-told-medical-services-require-improvement/
South West Water’s apology for sewage dumping deemed “too little, too late” | East Devon Watch
MP Richard Foord has called for South West Water to be overhauled following an overdue apology for sewage dumping. In a statement issued through Water UK, water and sewage companies admitted to dragging their heels on taking action to stop sewage discharges into our coastlines, rivers and lakes. Lewis Clarke http://www.devonlive.com In the wake of…
— Read on eastdevonwatch.org/2023/05/25/south-west-waters-apology-for-sewage-dumping-deemed-too-little-too-late/
Breaking: No surprises as EDDC continues as an inclusive, progressive, council | East Devon Watch
EDDC chooses continuity in leader, deputy leader and most cabinet appointments At this evening’s annual meeting the following were elected unanimously as: Chair, Cllr. Eleanor Rylance (LibDem) Vice Chair Cllr Sam Hawkins (Cranbrook Independent) Leader Cllr Paul Arnott (LibDem) Having been elected he then chose Cllr Paul Hayward (Independent) to continue as his deputy. In…
— Read on eastdevonwatch.org/2023/05/24/breaking-no-surprises-as-eddc-continues-as-an-inclusive-progressive-council/
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Will Tory candidate Simon Jupp follow his former boss into retirement?
Tory MP Simon Jupp has abandoned the new Exmouth & East Exeter constituency, which he fears the Tories will lose in 2024, for what he hopes is the safer Honiton & Sidmouth seat which includes Seaton. Perhaps he’ll reconsider now that his mentor Dominic Raab is quitting as an MP?
After all, with people in our area getting acquainted with Jupp’s shabby response to the sewage scandal, and Richard Foord shaping up well as our Lib Dem MP, he is likely to be wasting his time.
(From East Devon Watch:)
Simon Jupp’s political master to stand down at the election. Simon was a SpAd (special adviser) to Dominic Raab (reporting to Dominic Cummings as well) for six months before being selected as the Conservative candidate for East Devon in 2019. Time to remove this from his CV? – Owl The Surrey constituency, which Mr Raab…
— Read on eastdevonwatch.org/2023/05/23/dominic-raab-to-stand-down-as-mp-in-next-election-after-resigning-over-bullying-scandal/
Stop Line Way overlooked again as Devon gets more money for cycling projects
When will Seaton and Axminster county councillors, Marcus Hartnell and Ian Hall, do something about the extension of the multiuser trail from Colyford to Axminster, planned from 2011 and buried by the ruling Tory group on the County Council?
(From Devon Live):
Walking and cycling schemes across Devon have received millions of pounds of cash to help them come to life. A number of priority active travel projects in Exeter, Newton Abbot, North Devon and Torridge will be supported with the funding to enable and encourage more people to walk and cycle. Daniel Clark http://www.devonlive.com Devon County…
— Read on eastdevonwatch.org/2023/05/23/devon-gets-millions-of-pounds-to-help-new-cycling-projects/
