Promoting the Politics of Courage
Exeter-based Ambulance Trust Chief Exec., Dr John Martin, announced that the emergency co-responder service run successfully by local firefighters in Helston and Lizard for the past 29 years should close. When I was last the MP, we successfully fought to maintain this vital service. Treliske’s Emergency Department is regularly overrun. Often 20+ ambulances queue there. […]
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 […]
Cornwall stands out in Space science. We enjoy a positive and growing reputation around the UK and the wider world. I’ve been backing the excellent work of Goonhilly Earth Station since it commenced work at the former BT site just over a decade ago. Its deep space research and commercial and defence SATCOM work is […]
The national media’s promotion of the far-right continues; granting them almost daily top news headlines, while studiously ignoring the Liberal Democrats. Outrageous comment and courting controversy are far more interesting to a ratings-chasing media than responsible, costed policymaking and considered commentary. Meanwhile, as we’re about to complete parliamentary scrutiny of the Government’s Planning Bill, the […]
Exeter-based Ambulance Trust Chief Exec., Dr John Martin, announced that the emergency co-responder service run successfully by local firefighters in Helston and Lizard for the past 29 years should close. When I was last the MP, we successfully fought to maintain this vital service. Treliske’s Emergency Department is regularly overrun. Often 20+ ambulances queue there. […]
Local MP and Health Select Committee member, Andrew George, has warned that countless lives could be lost if the Ambulance Trust goes ahead with its apparent decision to cease the long-standing cooperation it’s had with the fire service, which provides important early response first aid in hard to reach areas like the Lizard. Mr. George […]
Local MP and Health Select Committee member, Andrew George, has warned that countless lives could be lost if the Ambulance Trust goes ahead with its apparent decision to cease the long-standing cooperation it’s had with the fire service, which provides important early response first aid in hard to reach areas like the Lizard. Mr. George […]
Andrew George – Liberal Democrat MP for the west Cornwall and Isles of Scilly constituency of St Ives – has welcomed the Government’s extension of free school meals, describing it as a “common sense move which will really help combat child poverty and inequality”. Figures published by the Government suggest that over 4 million more […]
There was a ‘sell-out’ of free tickets for the latest in Andrew George MP’s public meetings at the Union Hotel in Penzance at the weekend. Andrew has held public – “Parliament for the People” meetings across the constituency (in Helston, St Ives and Penzance) since he was elected last July because he says he wants […]
Liberal Democrat MPs Andrew George and Ben Maguire are urging the Government to rethink its cuts to Personal Independence Payments (PIP). New data shows that up to 12,500 sick and disabled people in Cornwall & Scilly could lose most or all of their support payments. A Parliamentary answer secured by the Liberal Democrats found that […]