Article: City hits out at level of county council debt ; Devon County Council's debt now amounts to pounds900 for "every man, woman and child in the county", Exeter City councillors have claimed in the latest row over a shake-up of local government.

Devon County Council's debt now amounts to pounds900 for "every man, woman and child in the county", Exeter City councillors have claimed in the latest row over a shake-up of local government.

Several Labour councillors say the county council has "mismanaged" spending, resulting in pounds614 million of debt - but county chiefs have dismissed the claims as "nonsense" and say that borrowing to fund "major investments" is under control.

Exeter's Labour leader, Pete Edwards, says the county has run up "massive" debts and people would be better served by an Exeter unitary council rather than the county council proposal, which would see Devon's district and county council structure dissolved ...

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