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‘Devil in Detail’ Of New Social Care Plans
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..
MP Questions Inequity Of Prison Healthcare
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…
Population Growth ‘Unsustainable’
Andrew Turner, the Island’s MP, has called the projected population rise to over 70 million as ‘dangerously unsustainable’…
Island MP Andrew Turner Statement On Expenses Enquiry
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.
Isle of Wight MP Doing a ‘first class job’
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’…
Island MP Refuses To Support Prisoners ‘Scam’ Damages
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…
Call For Review of Hospitals
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…
MP Investigates The Ventnor Pong
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…
