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
The desperate need for new development to come with proper infrastructure was put centre stage by local Liberal Democrat MP Lisa Smart this week, challenging Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook to put in place infrastructure targets
She has agreed to intervene with Surrey County Council on conduct concerns over SEND after Al Pinkerton and I delivered over 100 family testimonies to her in July.
It's really important that process is followed correctly.
Martin Tod: "Regular elections are one of the most important ways that the public can hold councils and councillors to account. If people don’t like what we’re doing, they can vote us out – and quite right too: that’s democracy."
On the floor of the House of Commons this week, Cumbrian MP Tim Farron challenged government ministers over changes to council funding which will severely hit local authorities in rural areas.
Responding to the latest Public Health Wales figures showing a sharp rise in flu-related hospital pressures across Wales, Welsh Liberal Democrat Leader Jane Dodds MS has called on the Welsh Government to urgently convene the Welsh Government Emergency Coo