Council praised for achievements in face of austerity

By Mark Conrad | 05 March 2018

Exeter City Council can ‘take pride’ in the way it has coped with austerity and promoted wide-ranging economic growth, a gushing peer review of the authority has concluded.

During a three-day visit to Exeter in December, a Local Government Association-led review team assessed how the council overhauled itself in response to austerity after 2010 while also positioning the area as a regional driver of economic growth.

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