Cllr Andy Swain
Ward: Teign Valley
Parishes: Ashton ; Bridford ; Christow ; Doddiscombsleigh ; Dunsford ; Hennock ; Tedburn St Mary ; Trusham
Mobile: 07756 253908
Email: andrew.swain@teignbridge.gov.uk
Local MP Tim Farron is demanding the Government rescue hundreds of small local businesses in Cumbria from soaring energy bills, warning that lack of action could see the area's high streets turning into "ghost towns."
We are in the middle of the worst cost of living crisis for 50 years. Inflation is forecast to hit 18% next year and spiralling energy costs are leaving many people in Medway struggling to pay their household bills and the disastrous impact this year's increases in the energy price cap has had on local people:
Detectives investigating the fatal explosion at the Redwood Grove flats in Bedford now believe the person who died in the blaze deliberately started the fire.
For years councils have been forced to sell off council houses and flats. It has been brilliant for the families that bought them, but the Conservative Government would not allow councils to replace the houses and flats sold off. Portsmouth sold off over 16,000, making it much more challenging to home homeless families. But action by the Lib Dem-led City Council is seeing a rebirth in the building and acquiring of council houses.
Heritage Open Days are back in Portsmouth for 2022 with a brand-new theme: 'Astounding Inventions'. So get ready for a host of exclusive cultural events around Portsmouth, discovering some of the most breathtaking inventions that have their home right here.
Portsmouth has been named the third most accessible city for electric vehicle charge points in the UK, with 59 per cent of residents now living within a five-minute walk of a charge point.