Oxfordshire
August news from Freddie van Mierlo MP
Since for some strange reason parliament runs on a school calendar, we have now entered the long Summer recess. Whilst it offers...
5 Aug 2025
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
Government finally listens to Lib Dems and scraps Ofwat after years of pressure
After years of campaigning, Milton Keynes Liberal Democrat councillors have welcomed the Government’s decision to scrap the water regulator Ofwat (The Water Services Regulation Authority).
5 Aug 2025
City councillors call for urgent reform to protect children from child maintenance loophole
Local Lib Dem councillors are demanding urgent action to fix a flaw in the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) that’s leaving children across the city worse off when parents move out of their current household to form a new blended family.
5 Aug 2025
Premium Bonds: Govt should set up dedicated phone line so people can get what they are owed
Responding to findings that there are 2.5 million premium bond prizes that remain unclaimed totalling more than £100 million, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
5 Aug 2025
Mid Sussex Times
My fifty-mile tour across Mid Sussex
In her weekly column, Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Mid Sussex, Alison Bennett, reflects on the firstweek of her Mid Sussex Summer Tour.
5 Aug 2025
Steve Darling MP calls for swift compensation for those mis-sold car finance
Steve Darling, Liberal Democrat MP for Torbay, has urged the Government and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to work together to swiftly deliver a compensation scheme that will see lenders who mis-sold car finance deals “make up for their actions”.
5 Aug 2025