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
The £2 cap on single journeys was first introduced by the Government back in September to help passengers with travel costs, increase passenger numbers, and to protect vital bus routes. The scheme was due to run from January until March 2023.
New research from the House of Commons Library, commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed that 448 people were stuck waiting for more than two months before receiving treatment at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.
Responding to reports indicating that Scotland’s first carbon capture and storage facility at the St Fergus gas terminal in Aberdeenshire may be given the go-ahead after the Conservative Government failed to support it in 2021, Scottish Liberal Democrat climate emergency spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP said:
Liberal Democrat councillors are calling for the Chancellor to commit long term funding for road repairs in this year’s budget, as new analysis finds that it would take £12 billion to tackle current national local roads repair backlog.
At the end of last week news broke that one of America’s biggest banks had collapsed. It only took one weekend for the Conservatives to react to the news. They arranged for HSBC to take over Silicon Valley Bank’s UK offshoot and safeguard the interests of the UK tech industry.
The Commonwealth Flag is flying at Borough Hall today to mark Commonwealth Day.