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
Alison Bennett, Liberal Democrat MP for Mid Sussex, has called on the Government to take urgent action to support local hospitality businesses, warning that many are at risk of closure without stronger backing.
Responding to new figures uncovered by the Herald newspaper that show there have been more than 64,000 bullying incidents in Scottish schools over the past five years, Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP said:
Roz Savage, MP for South Cotswolds, visited Lechlade last month to see two newly installed public access defibrillators, the first in the South West to be powered directly from lamp-posts.
This week saw another bizarre announcement coming from the US administration, driven by the US secretary of state for health. They claim to have found a cause for autism and have said that women should stop taking paracetamol when pregnant.
Responding to Chancellor Rachel Reeves refusing to rule out extending income tax and national insurance threshold freezes, which would equate to an estimated £10.4 billion stealth tax grab, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
Labour MPs for Reading, Matt Rodda, Olivia Bailey and Yuan Yang voted against a Liberal Democrat amendment which would have expanded free bus travel for disabled people.