Promoting the Politics of Courage
Local MP, Andrew George expressed disappointment that Labour and Conservative MPs failed to back Liberal Democrat proposals to protect customers from footing the bill for water company bailouts in a House of Commons vote last night. On average, a third of customers’ bills are spent servicing water company debt. Andrew said, “Customers should not have […]
Speaking following his Cornish Liberal Democrat colleague Ben Maguire MP’s call for South West Water Chief Executive Susan Davy to ‘do the decent thing’ and quit, West Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly MP Andrew George said: “When the Conservatives privatised water, they created risk-free monopolies which could predetermine their profits a year ahead. Sewage […]
West Cornwall Liberal Democrat MP Andrew George accused government ministers of abandoning hard-pressed local water rate payers during a cost-of-living crisis, following their decision to end the annual £50 contribution towards South West Water (SWW) bills. Mr George said ministers had missed an opportunity to use the government bill’s support grant to secure concessions from […]
West Cornwall MP, Andrew George called for Water Companies to be reined in when speaking on the government’s announced review of the water industry yesterday (23rd October 2024). Today, the government announced a new Independent Water Commission to deliver the biggest review of the industry since privatisation. The Environment Sec. Rt Hon. Steve Reid MP […]
Andrew George, Liberal Democrat MP for West Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly (St Ives), has called for the government to impose sanctions, including a halt to any executive bonuses, on water companies including South West Water, after it was announced this week that companies must pay back to customers due to poor performance. South […]
My Liberal Democrat parliamentary colleagues and I have called for the government to impose sanctions, including a halt to any executive bonuses, on water companies including South West Water, after it was announced this week that companies must pay back to customers due to poor performance. South West Water has one of the highest proportions […]
Sewage Companies must be forced to invest in clean-up, not giveaway top exec bonuses and shareholder dividends. Figures released by the Environment Agency today show that South West Water nearly doubled raw sewage discharges in the last year – from 290,271 hours in 2022 to 530,737 hrs last year. Liberal Democrats are committed to taking […]