Councillor Andy Swain - Teign Valley (TDC) - Newton Abbot Liberal Democrats

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

Electric vehicle charging

Wiltshire Tories want you to know that if your town has a population of over 10,000, then they will put at least one electric vehicle charging point in your car-park. We don't want to be churlish, but the council really needs to: Increase the number of charge points to something more realistic, one or two charge points for a town of 10,000 people really isn't enough! Work with suppliers to start on the task of bringing charging points to residential streets where people live and keep their cars. Make a start by refusing planning permission to new housing unless it has sufficient car charging facilities built-in. But for balance, here is a link to the Wiltshire Council announcement so that you can see the small-print for yourself. https://orlo.uk/67BWp

19 Oct 2021

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Attacking Democracy

We were all shocked and saddened by the brutal murder of Sir David Amess, the Conservative MP for Southend. Our condolences go out to his family, friends and constituents who lost a good and accessible constituency MP. As one commentator pointed out, his accessibility and dependability became his vulnerabilities.

LG

by Luigi Gregori

19 Oct 2021

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Lib Dems back Finchley's cycle lane at Full Council

The A1000 Cycle Lane must be kept for good, and should be properly funded, Barnet Lib Dems say today, as they bring a motion to Full Council in its support.

19 Oct 2021

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Making energy saving the nation's first priority is the best way forward.

In Green Liberal Democrats we are adamant. Making energy saving the nation's first priority is the best way forward. Compare the limited £3.9 billion announced over 3 years, to provide only 90,000 homes with a new type of hearing, with the £150 billion programme LibDem Leader, Ed Davey, proposes. That will insulate the social housing stock and help homeowners. How? Industry will develop new materials and switch to new products with technology we know about and some new that we don't know about now, to all but completely free us from the need for heating new domestic and commercial buildings. Changing regulations is key. If everyone has to meet the new regulations the scale of the market for sustainable tech will bring down prices in a competitive market. How will we pay for insulating homes? Vulnerability to escalating gas cost now shows that it won't take many years to recoup the cost to retrofit an existing property. The right government programme LibDems propose will result in the same quality of replac

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by Jed Marson

19 Oct 2021

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Ed Davey on Net Zero: Government ignoring City of London "elephant in the room"

Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has warned that the Government's new Net Zero Strategy is ignoring the "elephant in the room" by failing to include measures to stop investment in fossil fuel industries through the City of London. The former Energy and Climate Change Secretary is calling for new oil, gas and coal companies to be banned from the London Stock Exchange and for urgent action to stop the UK hosting the world's fossil fuel investments. Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said: "The UK must be net zero as soon as possible - Britain's economy needs it just as much as the world's climate does. Yet rapid progress to net zero just isn't possible while the Government keeps ignoring the elephant in the room. "The UK produces just 2% of global emissions, so to really impact the global fight against climate change we need to stop financiers in the City of London funding the world's fossil fuel industries. "Whilst millions of people across the UK are doing the right thing, often making difficult decisio

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by Lib Dems

19 Oct 2021

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