Promoting the Politics of Courage
Figures obtained by the Liberal Democrats show that Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust is the country’s most-improved trust for 12-hour waiting times, albeit from a low base. In the winter of 2024/25, 11.5% of patients had to wait over 12 hours to be admitted to hospital following a visit to the Emergency Department, compared to 21.8% […]
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly’s housing crisis will be centre stage in Westminster tomorrow morning (Tuesday 1st April). All six Cornish MPs and officials from Cornwall and Scilly Councils will meet Housing & Planning Minister, Matthew Pennycook MP. The meeting was secured earlier this year when Andrew George MP challenged the Prime Minister to […]
A debate in parliament led by West Cornwall MP Andrew George has resulted in a promise for action by Fisheries Minister Daniel Zeichner MP, with an agreement to tackle other important questions in the coming months. The MP, whose constituency includes Newlyn, one of the UK’s biggest fishing ports, challenged the Minister to look closer at […]
Andrew George MP has secured a Westminster debate on the state of the UK Fishing industry on Wednesday 26th March. The 90 minute debate will attract MPs from across the house and will be answered by Fisheries Minister Daniel Zeichner MP. Mr. George said: “We’re almost a quarter of the way through 2025, so can […]
Andrew George MP has called on the Justice Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, to use her powers to appeal against the Parole Board’s decision to move a seriously dangerous offender to an open prison. Constituent, Tina Nash has asked Andrew to go public about his intervention on her behalf. Tina suffered a horrific and life-changing attack 14 […]
Andrew George MP will be hosting a public meeting, “Parliament for the People”, on Friday, 28th March at 7pm at The Harbour Hotel, St Ives (TR26 2BN). As part of his regular constituency meetings, this event provides an opportunity for residents to hear updates from Parliament and engage in discussion on key issues. With major […]
West Cornwall MP urged the Prime Minister to relax his fiscal rules and to ask the wealthiest to contribute most to build UK’s defence capability. See attached. https://fb.watch/y6SDw5udZ3/ Andrew George commended the Prime Minister for his careful diplomacy with the US and his warm support for Ukraine. However, he also urged the PM and Chancellor […]
Local Government Minister gave a Cornish MP an “absolute commitment” that the Government’s new long-term funding formula for councils will reflect Cornwall’s real needs. In answer to Liberal Democrat West Cornwall MP Andrew George the House of Commons was assured the rurality of Cornwall’s geography, its deprivation and the increasing age of its residents would […]
The public who attended Andrew George MP’s public meeting in Helston Guildhall at the weekend expressed solidarity with Ukraine. The well-attended public meeting also expressed unanimous deep concern about the shocking way present Zelensky had been ambushed at the White House press conference on Friday. Andrew said, “Putin was the only winner from the Vance/Trump […]
Local MP and Commons Health Committee member, Andrew George welcomes the Government’s announcement that nearly 11,000 additional urgent dental appointments will be made available for patients in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly this year, as part of a £700,000 investment to address present NHS dental pressures. However, he warned that while this is a […]