Promoting the Politics of Courage
I’ve been reviewing progress of our health campaigns and would appreciate feedback. To this end I’ve started an online survey which can be found on my website. It covers a full range of essential services. This includes: Mental ill-health and suicide prevention has been poorly supported and under-resourced for too long. The Commons Health Select […]
Andrew will be visiting the Islands next week – 22nd-23rd May – visiting a range of local projects and organisations. During his visit, he will also hold a casework surgery on Friday afternoon, 23rd May. This is an opportunity for anyone to raise concerns, request assistance on any matters relevant to his Parliamentary role. To […]
I’ve been reviewing progress of our health campaigns and would appreciate feedback. I’ve commenced an online survey which can be found on my website. It covers a full range of essential services, including: Mental ill-health and suicide prevention, which have been poorly supported and under-resourced for too long. The Commons Health Select Committee – of […]
West Cornwall Liberal Democrat MP, Andrew George MP is stepping up his campaign for the Penzance Driving Test Centre (DTC) to re-open as soon as possible, and for capacity investment to meet local demand for services, following news of its temporary closure on health and safety grounds. The Penzance DTC was closed last month by […]
Liberal Democrats succeeded in last week’s Council elections. Across the St Ives constituency we gained 5 seats, including the 2 we took in 2021. So: 7 Liberal Democrats, 4 Independents, 1 Mebyon Kernow. No Conservatives (-5) or Labour, or any far-right parties. Cornwall Council faces many challenges. Before taking the helm, any new administration should […]
Liberal Democrats succeeded in last week’s Council elections. Across the St Ives constituency we gained 5 seats, including the 2 we took in 2021. So: 7 Liberal Democrats, 4 Independents, 1 Mebyon Kernow. No Conservatives (-5) or Labour, or any far-right parties. Cornwall Council faces many challenges. Before taking the helm, any new administration should […]
It is difficult to manage the competing expectations and established freedoms of both those who enjoy firework displays and of pet owners and their animals. My Liberal Democrat colleagues and I are concerned by the issues that extremely loud fireworks can cause for people struggling with mental health issues (particularly PTSD) as well as for animals. […]
Development pressures and the lop-sided planning system – fuelled by greed rather than need – dominated much of my time this week. I joined a well-attended public meeting in Ashton at the weekend. One of many local villages feeling itself swamped by a tidal wave of planning applications and developments in recent years, without the […]
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 […]
Development pressures and the lop-sided planning system – fuelled by greed rather than need – dominated much of my time this week. I joined a well-attended public meeting in Ashton at the weekend. One of many local villages feeling itself swamped by a tidal wave of planning applications and developments in recent years, without the […]