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Newspaper Column – The Voice – 01/10/25

Posted on: 1st October 2025

The decision to close Lloyds Bank in Penzance is wrong-headed. It comes exactly 100 years after the Bank took over the western part of the Market House. It’s sadly typical of a mentality which pervades modern, remote centralised management. Services become estranged from the public based on a naive self-confidence in digital systems.  I’ve already […]

News Release 30 Sep25 – Flotilla

Posted on: 30th September 2025

George calls on Foreign Office Minister to confirm UK government ready to intervene to protect British nationals aboard Gaza aid Flotilla  West Cornwall MP, Andrew George, has urged Foreign Office Minister, Hamish Falconer MP, to ensure the UK government is prepared to intervene if necessary to protect British nationals (including it is understood one of […]

Newspaper Column – The Cornishman – 30/09/25

Posted on: 30th September 2025

The decision to close Lloyds Bank in Penzance is wrong-headed. It comes exactly 100 years after the Bank took over the western part of the Market House. It’s sadly typical of a mentality which pervades modern, remote centralised management. Many essential service providers have become estranged from the public who’ve based their strategic planning on […]

Andrew George MP statement on Lloyds Bank Penzance branch 

Posted on: 29th September 2025

Andrew George MP statement on Lloyds Bank Penzance branch  Commenting on the announcement that Lloyds Bank will close its branch in Penzance in January 2026, local MP, Andrew George said:  “This decision is especially disappointing for Penzance, where the old bank has been a predominant presence in the market house in the heart of town […]

Newspaper Column – The Voice – 29/09/25

Posted on: 29th September 2025

Parliament came back on Monday, and there’s much to catch up on after a busy August away from the green benches. Amongst a thousand matters on the ‘to-do’ will be the increasingly frantic behind-the-scenes discussions as Chancellor Reeves prepares for her Autumn Budget. She must still find something to plug the estimated £20-£50 billion black […]

Newspaper Column – The Voice – 24/09/25

Posted on: 24th September 2025

I met South West Water CEO, Susan Davy, last week to review their investment plans and the well-publicised and numerous failings to effectively prevent the growing number of pollution incidents around our coast, even on ‘dry days’. With her colleagues I was shown around the sewage treatment works at St Erth. If they’d invested in […]

Newspaper Column – The Cornishman – 22/09/25

Posted on: 22nd September 2025

I met South West Water CEO, Susan Davy, last week to review their investment plans and the numerous and much reported failings to effectively prevent the growing number of pollution incidents around our coast, even on ‘dry days’. With her colleagues I was shown around the sewage treatment works at St Erth. If they’d invested […]

Newspaper Column – The Voice – 17/09/25

Posted on: 17th September 2025

What has happened to our country? While hundreds of people protesting against genocide are arrested a political activist who called for the torching of refugees is given a standing ovation at the conference of a party the media tell us will form the next government.    Some will contend those arrested – including many from […]

Newspaper Column – The Cornishman – 15/09/25

Posted on: 15th September 2025

I’m holding a dedicated Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Surgery this Friday, 19th September. An opportunity for parents, carers, and educators to raise concerns about local SEND provision.  Families, carers, and educators have contacted me over the past year highlighting a system which is overstretched and underfunded. Urgent action is needed. I am holding […]

George to meet South West Water CEO in campaign to ‘stop the s**tshow’!

Posted on: 11th September 2025

George to meet South West Water CEO in campaign to ‘stop the s**tshow’!  Andrew George, Liberal Democrat MP for West Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, will meet Susan Davy, ‘retiring’ CEO of South West Water at the St Erth Sewage Works this week, as he continues his campaign to clean-up our coast and rivers. […]