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
In the two weeks since Liberal Democrats in Redditch spoke to local media outlets, including the Redditch Advertiser and BBC Hereford and Worcester, calling for the council to abandon their plans to turn Ipsley Meadow into a cemetery, Labour and Conservative Councillors and candidates have been forced to publicly state their opposition to the plans.
According to reports the Government is to withdraw funding for the scheme that aims to support people in retrofitting their homes to cut bills and reduce emissions.
Newcastle City Council's Liberal Democrats Opposition will set out a series of amendments at Wednesday's Budget to set a lower council tax increase than the Labour administration's planned 4.95% rise, together with measures to protect blue badge holders from parking charges, prioritise community-led responses to the Covid pandemic and food poverty, and provide loans to support small businesses on local High Streets.
Sadly Leicester is back in the top two areas across the whole country for covid infections. The question everyone is asking - Why is Leicester at the centre of high infection rates again & where is the quality Leadership from the council? Why is the Labour run authority failing to properly answer important questions time & time again?
The Liberal Democrats are proposing a German style revenue loss scheme to compensate small businesses for fixed costs incurred during the pandemic. Such a scheme has already proved successful in Germany and has been backed by the Federation of Small Businesses. The Liberal Democrats now call on the Chancellor to adopt this vital bailout before we lose more small businesses from our communities.
Virtually everybody I have spoken to in Livingston South during these past few months has told me how absolutely fed up they are...