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Hovertravel launches Hover Shopper deal to Gunwharf Quays

December 16, 2010 Business

Hovertravel launches Hover Shopper deal to Gunwharf Quays Hovertravel, the fastest Isle of Wight foot passenger service across the Solent, is puttingon two special charters as part of their new Hover Shopper deal where customers can buyreturn tickets from Ryde, straight to Gunwharf Quays for a day of shopping. Neil Chapman managing director of Hovertravel [...]

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Housing Benefit Cap – ‘Long Overdue’

November 9, 2010 Featured

The Island’s MP, Andrew Turner has revealed that it takes the income tax paid by 10 people earning the average wage on the Isle of Wight to pay a £25,000 housing benefit bill for a single family. Spending on Housing Benefit has almost doubled over the last ten years and now costs taxpayers £20 billion [...]

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OneWight not Discussed

October 29, 2010 Featured

OneWight not Discussed Andrew Turner has expressed his anger that the House of Commons has been preventedfrom discussing the effect that re-drawing constituency boundaries would have on the Isleof Wight. Because of parliamentary timetabling, his amendment that would protect parts ofthe Island from being merged with the mainland, were not discussed during the CommitteeStage of [...]

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MP Andrew Turner responds to Spending Review

October 21, 2010 Featured

MP responds to Spending Review The Island’ s MP, Andrew Turner has responded to the announcements made in the ComprehensiveSpending Review (CSR) yesterday. “ There have been some very difficult decisions as a result of the financial mess that theCoalition Government inherited in May. Many people understand that we could not carry onmaking interest payments [...]

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Island’s Chance to Question Minister

September 25, 2010 Featured

Mark Harper MP, the Minister for Constitutional Reform is to visit the Isle of Wight next Thursday following a commitment made by Nick Clegg MP, Deputy Prime Minister to the Island’s MP Andrew Turner. He will attend a public meeting when questions can be put to him at the Riverside Centre in Newport at 12.30pm [...]

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MP welcomes new NHS Service

September 9, 2010 Featured

MP welcomes new NHS Service Andrew Turner the Island’s MP, has welcomed the decision by the Health Service to begin Bowel Screening on the Island.  It had been planned to roll out the programme across the country by April 2010, but plans to deliver the service on the Island using staff from Portsmouth hit a [...]

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ONEWIGHT CAMPAIGN – UPDATE 1 SEPT 2010

September 3, 2010 Featured

Support for the OneWight Campaign continues to grow.  Over 16,000 signatures have been received at the campaign headquarters to date, but there are still petition sheets all around the Island that need to be gathered in and the signatures added to this ever growing total.  It has been decided to leave the on-line petition open [...]

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The ONEWIGHT campaign

August 26, 2010 Featured

The ONEWIGHT campaign is still out and about in force! This Saturday the campaign will be out and about in Lake, Sandown and Shanklin where campaigners will be obtaining signatures on paper petitions as well as on the banners that will be attached to the OneWight Campaign Bus! On Sunday, the campaign will be heading to Havenstreet Steam Show and [...]

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MP Welcomes Bus Announcement

August 12, 2010 Featured

The Island’s MP Andrew Turner has welcomed the announcement by Southern Vectis that they will increase the age for half-fare travel from 13 to 18 with effect from 1st September.  He is currently out and about on his annual Summer Surgery which he says has been busier than ever this year.  The biggest issue by [...]

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ONEWIGHT is campaigning to keep the Isle of Wight united.

August 3, 2010 Featured

ONEWIGHT is campaigning to keep the Isle of Wight united. In June, Deputy PM Nick Clegg said he wanted to reduce the number of MPs. As part of that, the Island’s election boundaries will be redrawn, and one or more bits of the Island will be attached to mainland Parliamentary constituencies, something that hasn’t happened [...]

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New Computers Cause Backlog Andrew Turner apologised today

July 6, 2010 News

New Computers Cause Backlog Andrew Turner apologised today for unusually long delays in the service given by his officerecently. He explained that MPs only receive a new computer system after an election andbecause his office was one of the first to be changed over after the election in May there havebeen a number of teething [...]

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Isle of Wight MP Welcomes Road Announcement

June 17, 2010 Driving

MP Welcomes Road Announcement Andrew Turner has today welcomed the news that the Government is set to proceed with a massive £364m investment in Island roads under a Private Finance Initiative (PFI). Due to the very difficult state of the nation’s finances, a large number of public spending commitments have been axed.  All spending decisions [...]

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‘ChangeforLife’ – a way of life at Shalfleet School

May 13, 2010 Events

‘ChangeforLife’ – a way of life at Shalfleet School Shalfleet has been officially recognised a number of times for its efforts in being a healthy school. In 2007 the school was awarded the prestigious National Healthy School standard and won the Isle of Wight Healthy Eating Alliance Award. In 2010, continued commitment to Healthy Eating [...]

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ANDREW TURNER Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for the Isle of Wight

April 28, 2010 Business

‘Time for a Positive Vote’ Conservative Candidate for the Isle of Wight, Andrew Turner, today called on Islanders to cast a positive vote for clear leadership of the country next Thursday as all parties enter the final week of campaigning tomorrow. Mr Turner who is campaigning for re-election as the Island’s MP said he was finding [...]

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Our money is ‘in the economy’ too! Isle of Wight MP

April 12, 2010 Featured

Our money is ‘in the economy’ too! Following the final Prime Minister’s Question Time of this Parliament, Andrew Turner, the Island’s MP, has expressed his astonishment at the Prime Minister’s suggestion that Conservative plans not to implement a planned rise in National Insurance contributions (NIC) is equivalent to withdrawing £6 billion from the British economy. Labour’s [...]

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Island MP speaks out against Budget failure

March 30, 2010 Business

In a speech to the House of Commons last night, Andrew Turner MP criticised the Budget, which sets out the Government’s plans for taxes and public spending. Mr Turnerreminded the Government that the British people, British business and International markets are all crying out for concrete plans to reduce Britain’s economic deficit.  He expressed his concern [...]

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