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
Richard Blackman - Bassett Richard is the Liberal Democrat Candidate for Bassett Ward in Southampton. Ricahrd lives and works in Southampton. He currently works at the University and brings 20 years of experience in the voluntary sector having worked in research, and for European, national, and local environmental non-governmental organisations. He is passionate about climate change, the environment and economic policy.
We now have a criminal Prime Minister.
Liberal Democrat peer, Lord Chris Rennard, has written a 'where we are' report on the passage of the Elections Bill through the Lords. We've of course been supporting our Lords' opposition to the bill - and there will be at least one more round of lobbying coming up in late April. Click here to read the article.
The Welsh Liberal Democrats have criticised local MS James Evans for implying that his party believes in lowering taxes. In response, Mid and West Wales Senedd Member Jane Dodds said it was “ironic” to imply that is what the Conservative Party stands for when the current Government has raised the tax burden to its highest level since the 1940s. . .
Scottish Liberal Democrat and Shetland MSP, Beatrice Wishart has met with Loganair chiefs, Jonathan Hinkles, Chief Executive, and Maurice Boyle, Chief Operations Officer, and Orkney MSP Liam McArthur today to discuss recent delays
The idea that the Tories look after those who are reputed to vote for them took a big knock today as it has just been reported by an associate director of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (the independent pverty charity) that "Pensioners have seen the value of their State Pensions fall in real terms in eight of the last ten years. It also means that in terms of their values, how much bread and milk you can buy in the shops, it is the biggest fall in value since 1972". A Tory Chancellor has therefore engineered the biggest fall in the value of the the State Pension for 50 years. Many Pensioners are now learning that the pound in their purse is not safe in the hands of the Tories as poverty looms on the horizon.