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Nov 24th, 2009 |
By Vicky Hayward |
Category: Equality, Government, Island MP, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Services, Lifestyle, Money, News
Island MP, Andrew Turner, has condemned proposals to integrate the Attendance Allowance and Disability Living Allowance for over-65s in a new social care system..
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Nov 5th, 2009 |
By Vicky Hayward |
Category: Citizen Media, Finance, Government, Health, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Services, News
Island MP, Andrew Turner, has raised the cost of guarding prisoners whilst they receive healthcare outside the prison at Prime Minister’s Question time this week…
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Oct 27th, 2009 |
By Vicky Hayward |
Category: Citizen Media, Environment, Government, Island MP, Islandwide, Isle of Wight, Lifestyle, News, People
Andrew Turner, the Island’s MP, has called the projected population rise to over 70 million as ‘dangerously unsustainable’…
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Oct 13th, 2009 |
By Vicky Hayward |
Category: Community, Featured News, Finance, Government, Island MP, Isle of Wight, Lead, News
Island MP Andrew Turner has issued a statement following the provisional conclusions of an audit into all MPs’ claims conducted by Sir Thomas Legg, a former civil servant. In a letter he received last night, Mr Turner was asked for more documentation.
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Oct 7th, 2009 |
By Vicky Hayward |
Category: Featured News, Government, Island MP, Island Views, Islandwide, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Services, Lead, National News, News, People
Andrew Turner, the Island’s MP, was praised this week at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester. The Shadow Leader of the House of Commons pointed out Andrew Turner has the largest constituency in the UK, yet he does a ‘first class job’…
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Sep 10th, 2009 |
By Vicky Hayward |
Category: Government, Hampshire News, Island MP, Islandwide, Isle of Wight, National News, News
Island MP Andrew Turner, has refused to refer a complaint to the Parliamentary Ombudsman in respect of a prisoner at HMP Albany who wants to claim compensation for the loss of his personal details by the Home Office. Mr Turner said: “It is regrettable that personal data has gone astray but the DWP have also lost personal data about a great many law-abiding people and they are not getting taxpayer-funded legal action to sue for damages…
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Sep 9th, 2009 |
By Vicky Hayward |
Category: 2009, Health, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Services, Lifestyle, News, People
Andrew Turner, the Island’s MP, is supporting the Patients Association’s call for a review of basic training and dignity standards across the NHS. Although Mr Turner has received very few complaints about care received at St Mary’s Hospital on the Island, he is aware that there is a bigger national picture which needs to be addressed as a matter of urgency…
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Aug 5th, 2009 |
By Vicky Hayward |
Category: Community, Environment, Featured News, Isle of Wight, News, Tourism, Ventnor
News Update:The Ventnor Pong – ‘absolutely horrible’ says MP. Andrew Turner, the Island’s MP, heeded the call from a Ventnor businessman to come down and smell for himself the ‘Ventnor Pong’ which has been troubling the town recently…
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