This is not about slowing the progress of enabling new payment methods. It is about ensuring the right steps are taken to guarantee choice for our constituents, maintaining cash for the individuals and businesses that need it most.
As young people leave and local businesses become unsustainable, communities in Devon are being hollowed out.
Low paid and part-time jobs. Poor digital and physical connectivity. A lack of qualifications. We need to level up too.
We as individuals, business leaders, and as councillors, need to get on and actually do what we can to make change.
Landowners should be allowed wider permission to open temporary campsites over the whole summer season.
Water is not currently tested between September and May, when tourism is still strong in Devon. Inaccurate information about water quality is deterring swimmers and surfers from taking the plunge and hurting the local economy.