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, Mayor of Test Valley Councillor Mark Cooper planted an apple tree for the Platinum Jubilee Celebration in honour of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Deputy Mayor, Alan Dowden also planted a second tree in Andover.
As I sit down to write this, Putin's attempted rape of Ukraine continues unabated. Attempted because the plucky victim is fighting back. This is very much Putin's war and following a bungled military operation to gain a quick victory, we will see him reverting to type. Expect more indiscriminate shelling and bombing of civilians as Putin attempts to terrorise Ukraine very much as he terrorises his own population using his internal security apparatus. Neither is working. In Russia itself, despite Putin's propaganda machine working overtime, thousands are being arrested on a daily basis for anti-war protests. At the same time, many Russians are voting with their feet and leaving the motherland. Meanwhile along the European borders of Ukraine we face the biggest refugee crisis since the Second World War. In both cases we see a common cause: escape from dictatorship. Too often we hear government ministers congratulating themselves on what they are doing for refugees, but they fall far below the standard of our fe
Helen Morgan Liberal Democrat MP for North Shropshire will this weekend put forward a party policy motion at the Liberal Democrats Spring Conference.
Cllr Clayton Wellman, Cabinet Member for Sustainable Economy and Security, updates on the support the Council is providing to businesses across Mole Valley. Check out the video below.
Councillors will be forced to vote on Bermondsey Carnival funding at the March council assembly, the Liberal Democrats revealed on Friday.
At spring conference, leader Ed Davey hopes to position Lib Dems as 'party of fair taxes' The Conservative cost of living...