Article: Delay on unitary bid 'the final straw' ; I am one of the few Devon County Council members who did not back the county unitary bid, and was one of the three out of 40 city council members who did not back the Exeter and Exmouth bid in favour of enhanced two-tier working.

Article: Setting out facts about unitary bid
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  June 19, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... members of the public. Only half of the county council members actually supported the unitary bid The estimated number of posts that will be ... cent of the population are opposed to the unitary bid, for which all five Lib-Dem MPs have declared ...

Article: Councillors attack leader over money to back unitary ...
Express & Echo (Exeter UK);  October 11, 2008 ;     683 words ... ... broken out between councillors over plans to top up their unitary bid budget with pounds100,000 of taxpayers' money. The city ... of us." Cllr Yolonda Henson said those who supported the unitary bid had no option but to accept the budget increase for the sake ...

Article: Unitary bid goes on despite shock loss
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  May 5, 2007 ;     484 words ... ... Liberal Democrat party leader on the city council, said the unitary bid had been voted for by the authority and would still be supported ... was perhaps evidence that Exonians were unhappy with the unitary bid with which he was so closely associated. Mr Slack said he ...

Article: Unitary bid to cost more?
Express & Echo (Exeter UK);  January 25, 2008 ;     494 words ... ... the county. The total spent by the council on its failed unitary bid now stands at pounds293,819.57. The Boundary Committee ... complete the review after turning down the city council's unitary bid in December. East Devon and Mid Devon District councils have ...

Article: Unitary bid 'may hit services'
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  January 10, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... the council's "current high status" and the successful unitary bid. However, it warned the authority faces "a significant ... corporate capacity, culture and outcomes." Opponents of the unitary bid - titled One Cornwall - said the report reflected their own ...

Article: Unitary bid hides a power agenda
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  May 8, 2007 ;     571 words ... ... county council is making. This is typical of the city council unitary bid, where the city council has not offered one shred of evidence ... offering the people of Exeter a chance to give a view on the unitary bid. To add insult to injury, Exeter City Labour leaders do ...

Article: Why do the Tories back unitary bid?
Express & Echo (Exeter UK);  May 18, 2007 ;     590 words ... ... still giving unqualified support to the ill thought-out unitary bid. Indeed, recently they unanimously voted to back a blank ... suffer in terms of increased costs and cuts to services if this unitary bid is successful. "The biggest loser will be Exeter itself ...