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
York’s Liberal Democrat councillors are seeking to debate the impact of new rules that will see voters be required to show an approved form of photographic identification at polling stations in May’s local elections.
A decade-long commitment between Woking Borough Council and the Armed Forces was strengthened at last night's meeting of Full Council with the re-signing of the Armed Forces Covenant. First signed by the Council in 2012, a community covenant is a voluntary statement of mutual support between a civilian community and its local Armed Forces, which aims to:
Last night, Cumbrian MP Tim Farron and senior clinicians met with the Health Minister Helen Whately to call for urgent action to address Britain's cancer crisis.
Powys County Council has backed calls to place a levy on energy and water that is exported from Powys to other parts of the country in order to support the county’s finances. . .
Commenting on the breaking news that the Government have given the green light for controversial plans to build a coal mine in Cumbria, local MP Tim Farron said: "This decision cancels out all the progress Britain has made on renewable energy. The Government's environmental credentials are yet again left in tatters.
Blackwater valley Friends of the Earth are organising a protest outside Rushmoor Council offices tonight. Earlier start time now 5.45pm as Meridian TV plan to attend.