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
This week, Westmorland MP Tim Farron and the MP for Twickenham, Munira Wilson, have written to the Secretary of State for Energy Security, Grant Shapps, to look into further support for hospice's energy bills.
Richard Foord, Liberal Democrat MP for Tiverton & Honiton, is calling for the Chancellor to offer additional support for local community sports and leisure centres in the new Budget, due to be presented to Parliament tomorrow – Wednesday 15th March.
Richard Foord, Liberal Democrat MP for Tiverton & Honiton, is calling for the Chancellor to offer additional support for local community sports and leisure centres in the new Budget, due to be presented to Parliament tomorrow – Wednesday 15th March.
Ahead of tomorrow's budget announcement, Cumbrian MP Tim Farron has co-signed an open letter to the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, asking him to extend free school meals to all primary-age children.
Following new figures showing that once again, more than 1,000 people died from suspected drugs deaths in 2022, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton has today said that Nicola Sturgeon has left behind “an appalling legacy."
March 2023 is the 20th anniversary of Tony Blair's UK Labour Government joining the "illegal" US invasion of Iraq. The Liberal Democrats, led by the late Charles Kennedy MP, were the only major UK party to oppose this war. The photo shows Charles Kennedy leading a Lib Dem protest against Tony Blair's Labour Government joining the US invasion. The UN Secretary General called the invasion "illegal". Nearly everybody now agrees the Lib Dems were right to oppose Labour's "illegal" war which made the situation in the Middle East much worse for many. Amjad Abbasi said, "I'm proud to be standing for the Lib Dems who opposed Tony Blair's Labour Government joining the "illegal" invasion of Iraq."