I’m looking forward to our budget coming before Cabinet on 29th Jan in Wisbech. It is great that our most important Cabinet meeting of the year is to be held in Wisbech. We are also launching the “Wisbech 2020 Vision. Having visited Wisbech more than any other town, since becoming Leader, I am excited to… Read more

Last year, at budget time, the Lib Dems led by Kilian Bourke declared they were against any investment in Northstowe. In fact removing that investment was their way of funding their “big ideas”. All of a sudden, now we are getting close to actually building something at Northstowe, five Lib Dems and one ex Lib… Read more

In Public Health, we… • commission NHS health checks for about 27,000 people • help nearly 4,000 people to quit smoking • commission 21,700 appointments with NHS services to test for and treat sexually transmitted infections • commission effective treatment services for over 1,300 adult drug misusers • monitor the delivery of NHS screening and… Read more

In Corporate Services, we… • welcome 2.8 million visitors each year to our libraries • handle 450,000 enquiries to our call centre • register 15,000 births, marriages, civil partnerships and deaths Read more

In Economy, Transport and Environment Services, we… • maintain 2,600 miles of roads, 2,400 miles of footways, 2,000 bridges and 56,000 street lights • provide for approximately 4 million single Park and Ride bus journeys • transport 15,000 children to school every day • manage approximately 310,000 tonnes of waste of which over 55% is… Read more