Cllr Andy Swain
Ward: Teign Valley
Parishes: Ashton ; Bridford ; Christow ; Doddiscombsleigh ; Dunsford ; Hennock ; Tedburn St Mary ; Trusham
Mobile: 07756 253908
Email: andrew.swain@teignbridge.gov.uk
Wiltshire Council has cut its funding and only offering it to Swindon residents in a year that domestic violence has increased with the pandemic and the succession of lockdowns taking their toll, according to Brian Mathew, Lib Dem candidate for Wiltshire and Swindon Police and Crime Commissioner, speaking about the council's decision to cut the 24/7 domestic abuse helpline for victims.
As a review of the Local Plan evidence base moves forward Guildford Liberal Democrats are pledging honesty, realism and transparency throughout the review process. Explaining what is happening with the Local Plan, and the next steps, Lib Dem Cllr Jan Harwood, Lead Member for Climate Change and Strategic Planning, said:
With Cases of COVID-19 in the Borough continuing to rise, surge testing to identify positive cases of the virus will continue in three areas of Bedford Borough.
The Conservatives should know a bit about buses. It was, after all, Mrs Thatcher's Transport Act 1985 which accomplished the destruction of nearly all municipal bus companies outside of a small number of metropolitan areas. Barbara Castle's earlier 1968 Transport Act had introduced the concept of public support for socially important but uncommercial services and this principle was retained. However, the deregulation that was a key element in the Thatcher act, led to a focus on profitable routes, destructive competition between companies and a lack of co-ordination or continuity of services.
The Conservatives should know a bit about buses. It was, after all, Mrs Thatcher's Transport Act 1985 which accomplished the destruction of nearly all municipal bus companies outside of a small number of metropolitan areas. Barbara Castle's earlier 1968 Transport Act had introduced the concept of public support for socially important but uncommercial services and this principle was retained. However, the deregulation that was a key element in the Thatcher act, led to a focus on profitable routes, destructive competition between companies and a lack of co-ordination or continuity of services.
The Liberal Democrats have challenged Downing Street to hold Viktor Orban to account during his visit to Downing Street. The Hungarian Prime Minister has been accused of antisemitism, islamophobia and making a sustained assault on democracy and the freedom of the press.