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27 Nov 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
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...
27 Nov 2020
Imposed Housing Targets - Dacorum, St Albans and Mysterious Case of the Missing Cap
The Housing Targets Imposed by the Government, or The Mysterious Case of the Missing Cap (Easy Read Version). The Office of National Statistics is charged with estimating all sorts of things, but among them the demand in the community for more houses. Everyone knows we should be building new houses. The government thinks we should build 300,000 a year in the UK. They put that in their manifesto and they were re-elected in December 2019 with a large majority. So the government said, "The people voted for our manifesto to build 300,000 houses per year - and build them we will!" And to make that happen they took powers to force councils to build the share of the 300,000 that they, the government, wanted. So the government said to Dacorum Borough Council, "You must build 922 houses a year. There's lots of land round the edge of Hemel Hempstead and round Tring and Berkhamsted, so shut up and build! We don't care if it's Green Belt, we don't care if it's wall-to-wall houses from Westminister to Ayl
27 Nov 2020
Imposed Housing Targets - Dacorum, St Albans and Mysterious Case of the Missing Cap
The Housing Targets Imposed by the Government, or The Mysterious Case of the Missing Cap (Easy Read Version). The Office of National Statistics is charged with estimating all sorts of things, but among them the demand in the community for more houses. Everyone knows we should be building new houses. The government thinks we should build 300,000 a year in the UK. They put that in their manifesto and they were re-elected in December 2019 with a large majority. So the government said, "The people voted for our manifesto to build 300,000 houses per year - and build them we will!" And to make that happen they took powers to force councils to build the share of the 300,000 that they, the government, wanted. So the government said to Dacorum Borough Council, "You must build 922 houses a year. There's lots of land round the edge of Hemel Hempstead and round Tring and Berkhamsted, so shut up and build! We don't care if it's Green Belt, we don't care if it's wall-to-wall houses from Westminister to Ayl
27 Nov 2020
Hauliers 'petrified and terrified' as Brexit looms | Sky (2:40)
We've hidden Road hauliers 'petrified and terrified' in Dover, as Brexit looms to prevent cookies being set that you haven't...
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27 Nov 2020
Councillor reveals scandal of empty homes in Bromsgrove
Leader of the Bromsgrove Lib Dems, Cllr Rob Hunter, has called for action on empty homes after it was revealed that more than 160 homes across the district are unoccupied, and some have even been redundant for more than ten years. The shocking waste of homes has come at a time when housing need is growing across the district.
27 Nov 2020