Promoting the Politics of Courage
Lopsided Planning system destroying communities – George In response to the Deputy PM’s rejection of a request from St Ives residents to review the decision the grant permission to convert the town’s last care home into yet more holiday accommodation, local MP, Andrew George, called for the planning system to be balanced, to give communities […]
In this week’s Commons debate on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, West Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly MP Andrew George put forward amendments proposing changes to housing target calculations, removing incentives first homes to become second homes, and on affordability for developments in rural areas. Mr George has campaigned on housing issues for over […]
Local MP and retiring Cornwall councillor, Andrew George, welcomed today’s planning committee decision not to follow officer’s advice and to instead defer a planning application for 72 ‘Extra Care homes’ in Heamoor. Mr George told today’s Planning committee that crucial questions remained unanswered, and that passing the application could open the door to a ‘Trojan […]
Today in the Commons, Treasury Minister James Murray MP agreed to meet Andrew George MP about concerns that a well-used tax concession to assist small businesses has been used by thousands of second home owners to avoid paying tax. Mr George explained his concern wasn’t borne from “the politics of envy, but that of social […]
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly’s housing crisis will be centre stage in Westminster this 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 […]
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 […]
Local MP Andrew George has secured a Commons debate on the regulation of holiday and second homes – which took place this morning (Wednesday 23rd October) at 11am. Mr George has been a senior housing professional and has consistently campaigned for housing justice for over forty years. He successfully led the parliamentary campaign to remove […]
Local MP Andrew George has secured a Commons debate on the regulation of holiday and second homes – taking place on Wednesday morning at 11am. Mr George has been a senior housing professional and has consistently campaigned for housing justice for over forty years. He successfully led the parliamentary campaign to remove tax subsidies for […]
Andrew George MP speaking to the House of Commons on 9th Sept24 in a debate on the Housing Emergency in Cornwall. On Monday, St Ives Liberal Democrat MP Andrew George, led a Commons debate calling for urgent action on the housing emergency in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. The MP Andrew George debated with […]
St Ives Liberal Democrat MP Andrew George will lead a Commons debate on the housing emergency in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly on Monday (9th September). Andrew, who led successful affordable housing charity – Cornwall Community Land Trust – during his nine-year-absence from Parliament, will describe the multiple challenges faced by those trying to “do the right thing”. […]