Blog Posts

  • Highways gritting – great effort

    Early this morning I had to drive to Doddington to chair a meeting of all our prospective county councillors who are standing in may. Despite having to clear a significant amount of snow off my car the roads across Cambridgeshire were clear and ice free. Our gritting teams have done a fabulous job keeping this Read more

  • Tour de France – a great opportunity at no cost

    Cllr Martin Curtis, our cycling champion at the County Council, and I have been negotiating the Tour de France coming to Cambridgeshire for some time. Along with Cambridge City Council, we have been clear that hosting a stage must be at no cost to the councils. We had to hold out to the last minute Read more

  • Europe – Lib Dems happy to push for a federal Euro state

    Europe is all over the news today. Locally, Conservatives are happy to trade with Europe but don’t want to be governed by the EU. No one has voted to hand over all these powers to a faceless European state. Individuals, like Lib Dem MP Julian Huppert are keen to suggest that somehow not being part Read more

  • Lib Dems break trust again – Julian Huppert

    Today is a great day for Cambridgeshire with the announcement that the Tour de France 2014 is coming to the county for the start of the third stage of the race. A huge amount of effort has gone into this from Councillors of all parties and officers at both the County and City Councils who Read more

  • Business opportunity for Wisbech – spread the word

    As part of the Wisbech 2020 work we have teamed up with NIAB and the Cambridge & Counties Bank to put on a free business advice session in Wisbech for local SMEs. The session is next Monday, at the Boathouse in Wisbech, and we would be really grateful if everyone could help us by giving Read more

  • Meeting with Vince Cable

    Today I met with Vince Cable in his office along with the Leaders of Cambridge City and SCDC. He is the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and had requested to see us ahead of our bid for a city deal. It was an interesting and very positive meeting. Read more