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More than £37 million extra will be pumped into vital services with an additional £21.7 million for adult care and health and £11.4 million more for children’s services. In addition, there will be £600,000 extra to tackle the county’s potholes and road drainage and a £600,000 hardship fund for residents who have been hard hit economically by the pandemic. In total the council’s spending will be almost £580 million in 2021/22. The average Band D council tax bill for Devon’s services will rise by 4.99 per cent to help pay for it – that’s 1.99 per cent for general services and 3 per cent...