F23 Europe motion selected for Party Conference
The Federal Conference Committee has selected and released the following motion for debate and vote at party conference next...
20 Sep 2020
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
Elmbridge delivers for local residents
The coronavirus outbreak has been a struggle for many businesses, organisations, and people in our community. As of Augu...
20 Sep 2020
Internal Market Bill disquiet
it feels as if there is a lot of anger around #InternalMarketBill and it's not lessening. It seems very much as if the government has misjudged public opinion. This could well become Johnson & his MPs 'poll tax' turning point. Amal Cloony, a respected human rights lawyer has withdrawn her support saying 'She could not tell others to honour legal obligations when the UK "declares it does not intend to do so itself". And rightly so because when you look at the bill - clauses 2d and 4g are frankly terrifying in the power they confer on government not Parliament. If Johnson, the government and the Conservatives didn't understand what they were voting for, they need to say so but it is far more likely a no deal Brexit was always the aim - breaking every promise they gave the electorate. What Conservatives hadn't reckoned was the international condemnation which won't be giving them any decent trade deals any time soon, IDS and Raab lecturing the US hasn't gone down well - meaning the citizens of t
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19 Sep 2020
Lib Dem Women
Securing women's jobs during the Covid-19 crisis
Securing women's jobs during the Covid-19 crisis
19 Sep 2020
Federal Party Autumn Conference 2020 - Preview of Day Two
Federal Party Autumn Conference 2020 - Preview of Day Two, Saturday 26th September Federal Conference commences at 10am on Saturday with a Q & A session on Foreign Affairs and post Brexit transition period. Final line up of the Panel awaited but include two Lib Dem Peers, Baronesses Northover and Ludford* (*pictured)
19 Sep 2020
High Street Fund Must Be Spent Now Say Lib Dems
Bromsgrove Lib Dems have called on the ruling Conservative Group to urgently invest in Covid secure safety measures for the district's high streets, after it was revealed that less than 10% of the district's dedicated funding allocation for safety measures had actually been spent.
19 Sep 2020