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Three challenges to Anne Milton MP for 2018

The New Year is traditionally the time for taking a look at the previous year, considering its' successes, reviewing what you would do better or differently and setting goals or challenges for the coming year.

1 Jan 2018
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Alan Connett

The Marsh Barton ‘half hourly train service from 2018’… is running late!

Exeter's long awaited new railway station at Marsh Barton is running late.... in fact, so late it's years behind schedule with no sign of being built as costs sky rocket, says concerned local county councillor Alan Connett. Just two years ago, Devon County Council announced "The station is due to be opened in 2016. A half hourly frequency is expected to serve the station from 2018 as part of a major timetable revision…" But starved of essential Government funding and with costs to build the station rocketing from £4.3million to £13 million, Cllr Connett is concerned the station at Marsh Barton may never be built. "This delay is an example of the way the Government is starving Devon of much needed investment. This station is a vital link in the plans for Exeter's development along with new stations like Newcourt and Cranbrook," said Cllr Connett. "The Government refused vital funding for Marsh Barton earlier this year and the next round of grants is not until 2020, so that's at least two more years delay and i

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1 Jan 2018
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Council extracts more money from people in care

About 3,500 people receive care at home services from Wiltshire Council, and three quarters of them pay towards the costs. Following new rules introduced in 2016, and with work continuing on assessments of individuals, the amount people are paying has generally increased.

1 Jan 2018
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