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
Responding to the Cancer Research UK’s Cancer in the UK report, Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care spokesperson Helen Morgan MP said:
Residents have seen more digging and activity in Lammas Park recently as the works continue to drag on.
Claire Young MP has called for the Government to urgently change course and rethink their cuts to Personal Independence Payments (PIP), with new data showing that 83% of local people who get the Payment could lose at least some of their benefit.
Councillor Dylan Tippetts cast his first votes in the council chamber as a Liberal Democrat today [2 June], including to defend Personal Independence Payments, received by disabled people, from swingeing cuts by the Labour Government.
Shocking new data has revealed that a staggering 85% of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants in Harpenden & Berkhamsted are at risk of seeing their support slashed under the government’s new welfare reforms.
West Berkshire Council’s budget for 2025/26 includes £2.4m towards a number of projects recommended to help control pollution to our precious chalk stream: the Lambourn.