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
North Shropshire MP Helen Morgan is calling for rural crime teams to be strengthened after new research revealed that the cost of theft in the countryside has risen by 40 per cent. Rural crime cost Shropshire nearly £1 million in 2021, according to NFU Mutual claims, with the county in the top 10 worst affected counties in the UK.
After the initial burst of news, there have been few updates in the UK press on the situation in Myanmar following the military coup in February 2021. This was till recently on 25th July 2022, when the military rulers announced that 4 democracy activists were executed. According to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), these 4 executions "were the first carried out among some 117 death sentences handed down by military-run courts since the coup".
Liberal Democrat Views by Mione Goldspink, August, 2022.
Prominent Lib Dems in Surrey have declared their intention to lead the fight against a decision to allow exploratory drilling for gas and oil at a site at Loxley, near Dunsfold in Waverley borough.
The Liberal Democrats have renewed calls for a windfall tax on oil and gas producers who have profited from massive price increases in energy bills.
"The very same people who spent years promising to level up our great country now want to level it down - by cutting pay for some...