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
Today is Small Business Saturday, which is about remembering our local businesses and giving back to the local community. Lib Dems think it's important every year to support small and local businesses, but that's especially true in 2020, when the pandemic hit them hard.
Today, Saturday 5th December is Small Business Saturday, and with non-essential retailers back open following lockdown there are countless reasons to shop safely at Bedford Borough's brilliant small businesses this weekend.
A direct result of Spelthorne's excessive borrowing The Treasury has decided how Local Authorities will be allowed to borrow via cheap government loans in future, and it has made it very clear that borrowing purely for income will definitely not be allowed.
Secretary of State Grant Shapps, has overruled the clear conclusion of the Examining Authority at the Stonehenge Inquiry, that the Highways England scheme was incompatible with the Outstanding Universal Value of the World Heritage Site, as indeed the scheduling body, UNESCO, had itself concluded.
There’s no doubt that the lockdowns and tiered restrictions of 2020 have taught us how much we need our local high stree...
This week, in South London, a coroner's court is holding an inquest into the death of nine-year-old Ella Kissi-Debrah back in February 2013.