GOVERNMENT REPORT CONFIRMS UNPRECEDENTED LEGACY FOR NEW LEADERSHIP TEAM
Report concludes past investment decisions have left an unprecedented legacy. A raft of historical failings by previous...
30 May 2023
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
Woking
Woking’s MP votes to cover up dangerous school buildings
The Lib Dems have criticised Woking’s MP after they voted to hide detailed data of crumbling school buildings in Woking.
30 May 2023
Lib Dems slam Government U-turn on Kept Animals Bill: Leaving the door open for organised crime to profit on puppy misery.
International organised crime will continue to profit from animal suffering as the Government dropped the Kept Animals BIlls last week (25th May 2023). The Bill would have restricted the keeping of primates as pets and tightened zoo licensing requirements
30 May 2023
Surrey Highway's Budget
It seems that the Liberal Democrats in Runnymede have rattled the Surrey Conservatives when we reported, in leaflets distributed to residents in New Haw, Virginia Water, Lyne, Longcross and Chertsey South earlier this year, that they had voted to reduce the Highway's Budget across the county. This is at a time when the most talked about topic on the doorstep has been potholes and the state of our roads. At a recent Surrey County Council meeting one of our leaflets was used as an example of the Liberal Democrats telling false truths, to gain advantage in the local elections. We are quite sure that we have not mislead residents and, as you can see from the extract of the Final Capital Budget below, there is definitely a reduction to the budget.
30 May 2023
Polmont prison deaths inquiry takes five years to arrive
Responding to the news that a joint Fatal Accident Inquiry will take place into the deaths of Katie Allan and William Lindsay at Polmont Young Offenders Institution, Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP said:
30 May 2023
Cole-Hamilton: Businesses caught in middle of DRS row
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today criticised the Scottish and UK governments for leaving businesses "caught in the middle" amid the DRS row, following Lorna Slater’s statement to Parliament on the Deposit Return Scheme.
30 May 2023