Plaid Cymru Backing the Conservatives Over Powys Residents
The Welsh Liberal Democrats have hit out at Plaid Cymru Powys after its group leader backed a Conservative motion for a 3.4% increase in council tax this year.
28 Feb 2022
Councillor Andy Swain - Teign Valley (TDC)
14 Feb 2021
Cllr Andy Swain
Ward: Teign Valley
Parishes: Ashton ; Bridford ; Christow ; Doddiscombsleigh ; Dunsford ; Hennock ; Tedburn St Mary ; Trusham
Contact information
Mobile: 07756 253908
Email: andrew.swain@teignbridge.gov.uk
Committee appointments
Term of Office
- 07/05/2019 - 13/05/2023
Andy's News
14,346 Chelmsford people face £500 "tax on caring" when free Covid tests end
Scrapping Covid lateral flow tests will slap Chelmsford residents with a £7 million "tax on caring," with around 14,346 people facing costs of over £500 a year to take regular tests and visit vulnerable relatives, Liberal Democrats have warned.
27 Feb 2022
Ukrainian Refugees: Govt plans are "woefully inadequate"
Responding to Boris Johnson's announcement that Ukrainian refugees can come to the UK without a visa if they already have family here, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesperson Alistair Carmichael MP said:
27 Feb 2022
Solidarity with Ukraine.
This weekend, we lit the Town Bridge and Riverside Bridge blue and yellow to represent the Ukrainian flag and show our solidarity with Ukraine.
27 Feb 2022
Tories block progress on 20 mph zones
Conservatives running Surrey County Council have dismissed calls by the Lib Dems to roll out 20 mph zones in residential roads and outside schools across Surrey.
27 Feb 2022
Hands Off Channel 4
During this period of uncertainty both on the domestic and international front, when we need firm leadership at the top, Johnson seeks out more red meat policies to head off a leadership challenge from the many unhappy members of his party. Many of these red meat policies have little support amongst the general public, but cater for a small group of ultra-loyalist right wing MPs. The work of the political vandal in Number 10 therefore continues unabated. After having cut us off from Thatcher's Single Market which has contributed dramatically to economic post-war growth, Johnson has turned on another of the legacies of Margaret Thatcher. A group of senior Conservative MPs have now written to the Prime Minister asking him not to privatise Channel 4. This TV channel is both self-sufficient and successful. It has no support from taxpayers. Margaret Thatcher created Channel 4 in 1982 as a publicly owned, non-profit public sector broadcaster that would act as an innovator for small independent producers. Channel 4
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27 Feb 2022