A revised budget is expected to be agreed by Devon county councillors today - with safeguards for school crossing patrols, welfare services and some threatened bus routes.
The council still has to make savings of 46 million pounds over the next financial year.
And a rise of just under two per cent in council tax is being proposed to prevent even deeper cuts.
Devon residents recognised in the King's Birthday Honours
Fifteen people awarded
SEND uncertainty prompts budget setting concerns for Devon
Fears raised at DCC
Exeter man jailed for child sex offences
Charles Kirkby sentenced for 30 months
Bideford waterfront redevelopment work to start in September
Plans modified to more "wharf style aesthetic"
Devoncast – ASB crackdown, safety for women and girls, and a Spanish sailing ship
Plus are villages missing out on active travel schemes?
Man fighting for life after being stabbed in Exeter
Suspect being questioned about attempted murder
