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
Liberal Democrats and Labour have always valued public education to a greater degree than Conservatives, if only because the generally more wealthy Conservative mostly have access to an alternative system.
Herts Lib Dems have hit out at Tory County Council claims that our roads are in "Good Shape". In March this year, the Lib Dems protested as over 60 road resurfacing reconstruction schemes were cut from works due by the County Council. The Conservative administration cut road improvement schemes (mainly on secondary side roads across the county) and reduced the budget for such schemes by £2m - next year and in each of the following three years. This cut £8m in total from the planned £37m spend up to 2025 - a cut of 22%. Now council officers have released figures showing that the number of side roads in Hertfordshire that need of repair has nearly doubled since last year - increasing from 7% to 12%.
Herts Lib Dems have hit out at Tory County Council claims that our roads are in "Good Shape". In March this year, the Lib Dems protested as over 60 road resurfacing reconstruction schemes were cut from works due by the County Council. The Conservative administration cut road improvement schemes (mainly on secondary side roads across the county) and reduced the budget for such schemes by £2m - next year and in each of the following three years. This cut £8m in total from the planned £37m spend up to 2025 - a cut of 22%. Now council officers have released figures showing that the number of side roads in Hertfordshire that need of repair has nearly doubled since last year - increasing from 7% to 12%.
Despite years of investment, sewage and agricultural pollution still plague our rivers and oceans and the evidence that shows that we have a system that is willfully ignoring the worst pollution events in our country.
The Liberal Democrats have set out an emergency five-point plan to tackle the growing ambulance waiting time crisis.