More affordable homes ready to move in
One of the priorities of the Lib Dem District Council’s Business Plan is to provide more genuinely affordable housing, and it’s great to see nine new ...
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22 Oct 2020
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
Elm Grove Development
Trowbridge Town Council leader Cllr Stewart Palmen, a Wiltshire Council member, said: ""I am very pleased to see that there is finally going to be access onto the site from the A363. "This has been the main blocking point for support of the application from Trowbridge Town Council. This revised plan is a great example what can happen when all three of the Drynam Ward Town Councillors work together. "We have now gained the best solution for the residents. Town and County Cllr Andrew Bryant together with Cllr Denise Bates and Cllr Antonio Piazza have all worked on this with Cllr Andrew Bryant, calling this planning application and discussing the issues with the developers, helping them come up with the new access plan. "I believe we need more housing around Trowbridge to meet Wiltshire's housing plan allocation. This development will be instrumental in providing housing with a good proportion of affordable/social housing. "Now that there will be access to the site without construction traffic having to
22 Oct 2020
Lib Dems Disappointed MP Voted Against Free School Meal Extension
Members of Bromsgrove Liberal Democrats have criticised Sajid Javid for voting against the extension of the free school meals scheme to enable the poorest children to be given meal vouchers during the school holidays.
22 Oct 2020
Government now committed to publish test and trace agreement with police following Liberal Democrats sustained pressure in Parliament - but latest figures for effectiveness are a cause for alarm
Liberal Democrats Peer Paul Scriven has secured a commitment from Health Minister Lord Bethell to publish the agreement between the Government and police chiefs over the decision to share test and trace data.
22 Oct 2020
Weekly Coronavirus Figures for Bedford Borough Published
The latest weekly coronavirus statistics for Bedford Borough have been published. Presented once again in easy-to-read infographic form, the figures show that in the seven days up to October 18th:
22 Oct 2020
Local Tory MP's vote to deny free school meals over Christmas
Both of our local Conservative MP's voted against a move to allow for free school meals over the Christmas period. Both Jake Berry, MP for Rossendale & Darwen, and Sara Britcliffe MP for Hyndburn voted with the government against extending free school meals over the Christmas Holiday. This was in the face of over a quarter of a million people who had signed Marcus Rashford's petition asking that the government do what they did over the summer.
22 Oct 2020