en 60 /politics/news/story/41441.html?rss=1 Totnes MP Anthony Steen has attacked Gordon Brown's Labour party over its decision to close thousands of rural post offices. /politics/news/story/41421.html?rss=1 A new chairman is at the helm of South Hams District Council. /politics/news/story/39132.html?rss=1 Kingsbridge Town Council's annual town meeting is scheduled for early next month. /politics/news/story/38702.html?rss=1 Recent opinion polls have revealed a sharp rise in the Tories lead over Labour, following Alastair Darling's first budget as Chancellor last week. /politics/news/story/37202.html?rss=1 The achievements and long service of two former South Hams District councillors are to be recognised at a special civic presentation in May. /politics/news/story/36892.html?rss=1 In our series of talks with local political figures, 999Kingsbridge's Nick Gibbens speaks to UKIP's Jeff Beer. /politics/news/story/36782.html?rss=1 Council tax is set to rise by 4.49 per cent in the South Hams as the district council tackles a £750,000 budget deficit. /politics/news/story/36411.html?rss=1 In our series of talks with local political figures, 999Kingsbridge's Nick Gibbens speaks to Devon County Councillor Julian Brazil. /politics/news/story/32542.html?rss=1 Council taxpayers in the South Hams are facing an inflation-busting hike in their bills, after a funding round condemned as "pitiful" by its council leader. /politics/news/story/30542.html?rss=1 According to the Warm Homes Campaign there are, on average, 46 excess winter deaths each year in the Totnes constituency. /politics/news/story/27962.html?rss=1 Young people from across the South Hams have been given the opportunity to comment on the council's spending priorities for the future. /politics/news/story/27442.html?rss=1 Devon County Councillor Julian Brazil has paid tribute to former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell. /politics/news/story/27362.html?rss=1 Council tax payers in the South Hams are facing more above-inflation rises, it has been warned. /politics/news/story/27102.html?rss=1 Anthony Steen, the South West's longest-serving Conservative MP, will face ex-Tory councillor Jeff Beer at the next general election. /politics/news/story/26962.html?rss=1 A local Conservative MP has criticised Gordon Brown's controversial decision to scrap plans for a snap election. /politics/news/story/26942.html?rss=1 Chancellor Alistair Darling has announced a rise in the inheritance tax threshold for married couples to £600,000. /politics/news/story/26462.html?rss=1 South Hams residents are being asked how they would allocate the district council's £10.1m annual net expenditure in a new online survey. /politics/news/story/26182.html?rss=1 Hundreds of South Hams homeowners will escape paying death duties under ambitious tax-cutting proposals announced by the Conservatives on Monday. /politics/news/story/23922.html?rss=1 Council tax payers in the South Hams could face a massive hike in their council tax bills if Exeter City Council is granted unitary status. /politics/news/story/21902.html?rss=1 Throughout the next few months South Hams District Council (SHDC) wants residents across the district to get stuck into local electoral issues. /politics/news/story/15462.html?rss=1 A local Conservative MP who parked illegally in a disabled bay has told the BBC that his comments were misconstrued. /politics/news/story/15322.html?rss=1 Liberal Democrat councillor Chris Haywood has been appointed the new vice chairman of Devon County Council. /politics/news/story/15222.html?rss=1 Liberal Democrat councillor Brenda Taylor has been appointed the new chairman of Devon County Council. /politics/news/story/14082.html?rss=1 Council tax bills in the South Hams are to go up by 4.7 per cent, the South Hams District Council (SHDC) has announced. /politics/news/story/13962.html?rss=1 A former Kingsbridge mayor has lost his seat in a shock result in the South Hams District Council (SHDC) elections.