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12 Mar 2021
Councillor Andy Swain - Teign Valley (TDC)
14 Feb 2021
Cllr Andy Swain
Ward: Teign Valley
Parishes: Ashton ; Bridford ; Christow ; Doddiscombsleigh ; Dunsford ; Hennock ; Tedburn St Mary ; Trusham
Contact information
Mobile: 07756 253908
Email: andrew.swain@teignbridge.gov.uk
Committee appointments
Term of Office
- 07/05/2019 - 13/05/2023
Andy's News
Are you Angry yet?
In response to a recent article on the civic dinner in the Wiltshire Times today - Cllr Andrew Bryant penned this impassioned response in the comments section which has since been deleted from the page along with a number of other comments. What does it take for people to realise something maybe isn't quite how it's portrayed? The mayor has privately expressed how he wishes for the money to be used and this will be made clear by him at council next week. Civic Dinners are not a dinner for Cllrs. In fact a number of Cllrs do not go to the Civic Dinner and those that do have to pay for their meal in full. I believe the last meal was approximately £35 per head. There is no free meal for Cllrs. But that doesn't get the headlines and the cries of outrage does it? This is yet another public rant by a Cllr who has made it his business to rail against anything that might find him a vote rather than offering constructive support for our town. Such as the multi-storey of which those nasty Lib Dems wish to dis
AB
12 Mar 2021
Mynott’s Musings - Conservative Incompetence and the 'Park, Ride and Stride' mystery.
Way back in November 2018 the Tories voted for the version of Brentwood's Local Plan that they had been pushing to see happen. Their Plan contained (amongst other things) an excessively high concentration of sites allocated for housing development in Brentwood, Shenfield and Warley. The Lib Dems had, even then, been criticising these proposals for years because of our fundamental concerns about the impact that they would have on infrastructure in these areas - particularly roads, doctors surgeries and schools. And even in November 2018 the Tories knew that the version of the Plan they were voting for was not the version that could be submitted, because numerous pieces of work still needed to be finished (or even started), including the crucial studies which would show if these proposals could actually make sense. So, since it was the Plan they (and they alone) had approved they surely should have continued to pay close attention to the plan's evolution thereafter - in case any of the problems that the Lib Dem
CPM
12 Mar 2021
Reclaim These Streets Vigil
Lambeth Liberal Democrats
12 Mar 2021
NHS Reform
Many of us listened with dread to the announcement by Matt Hancock the health secretary of another reorganisation of the NHS. I would question whether this is such a brilliant idea whilst we are not yet out of the pandemic. Most of us have not received the first vaccine jab let alone the second. Part of the government's drive appears to be a reaction to some of the problems highlighted by the pandemic and the lack of control of many aspects of the NHS by government ministers.
LG
12 Mar 2021
Unpaid Carers
Unpaid carers are carers outside the state or private sectors who provide essential support to their loved ones. They are the unsung heroes of the pandemic. In Hampshire we have a total of over 18,600 unpaid carers, and just under 13,000 receive a Carer's Allowance of £67.25 per week. These unpaid carers face big challenges every day, and their lives have been made even harder by the pandemic. Many carers face financial hardship, and they have been struggling for months, often relying on foodbanks to feed themselves and the people they care for.
LG
12 Mar 2021